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error message Failed to write file to disk.

Posted on March 5, 2023

i increased my storage and still have error Failed to write file to disk.



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Hi there,

If you were to run the df -h command do you see the extended disk size?

Also, I would recommend checking your inodes usage using df -i.

You can also follow the steps here on how to find the largest files and directories on your server in case that you’ve filed up your inodes:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/28-no-space-left-on-device-error

Let me know how it goes!

Best,

Bobby

You may need to expand your disks. Please refer to this article here, https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/how-to/resize/#verifying-disk-resizes

The last section titled “## Verifying Disk Resizes” has instructions you can follow to extend your disk after increasing the storage.

If you don’t have technical skills to preform this task, you can use this Fiverr gig, https://vpsfix.us/fiverr/server-help

Good luck!

Hey @miraaxolotl,

The message is associated with a full disk. Can you enter your Droplet/SSH to it and type in df -h what do you see? Is your disk still full?

Additionally, it’s possible to remove uneeded files from your system without the worry of breaking anything. It’s possible your app has created a lot of log files which have taken up your space.

Apart from what has been said already, you can check https://docs.digitalocean.com/support/how-do-i-fix-disk-space-issues-on-my-droplet/ as well.

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