Swap space can play an important role in system performance. Learn how to determine how much swap space your system has available and how much it's being used. Most of us don’t often think about swap ...

Logs, databases, and caches grow under /var. Learn why Linux admins monitor the /var directory to prevent disk issues and service failures.

All Unix systems support virtual memory, sometimes referred to simply as “VM”. With VM in service, active applications and processes on your system can reside in physical memory or space on your hard ...

How to check drive space on Linux from the command line Your email has been sent Is your Linux server running out of storage space? If you're not sure how to find that out, these three commands are ...

Disk quotas are a mechanism for limiting the amount of disk space and the number of files (inodes) that a user or a group of users can consume. These limits prevent individual users or services from ...