[CentOS] claiming unsused space back

[Miguel González]

Hi,

  Why wandering off-topic? This is about CentOS on VPSes. I can´t
remember which Debian or Ubuntu commands I found since I didn´t use them.

  I´m allowing dd to totally fill the partition and the OS is surviving
perfectly (It´s a web server and works fine as long as I don´t keep it
"full" too long).

  Regarding other comments that I have read:

  I´m using qcow2, I don´t need to shrink the HD size since sometimes it
grows temporarily (backups).

  Regards,

  Miguel


On 07/31/17 3:28 PM, Leroy Tennison wrote:
> I realize this is wandering off-topic but, if you have found Debian commands, you're doing better than me.  What are they?  Also, are you allowing dd to totally fill the partition (what I have found on the web as a recommendation)?  If so, is the OS surviving acceptably?
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Miguel González" <miguel_3_gonzalez at yahoo.es>
> To: "centos" <centos at centos.org>
> Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2017 5:11:33 AM
> Subject: [CentOS] claiming unsused space back
> 
> Hi,
> 
>  I´m running a CentOS server in a VPS. Backups of the VPS take quite
> much space if I don´t claim unused space.
> 
>  Currently I´m using dd if=/dev/zero of=/mytempfile and remove that file
> to claim that unused space. Any automatic way of doing a similar thing
> in CentOS? I have googled for it but I have only found Debian commands.
> 
>  Thanks in advance!
> 
>  Miguel
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