[SOLVED] Appwrite instance take a lot of space

iStornZ · 2023-09-11T16:04:01.017Z

Hello all, I checked on my Hetzner server that Appwrite was taking 10G over 20G. Do you think it's normal ? Note: I tried to do a docker prune to remove unused images but I just saved 300mb... Thanks !

TL;DR

Summary: The user is experiencing a space issue with their Appwrite instance. They discuss different backup methods and scripts. Another user suggests checking the size of the overlay2 directory. The user confirms that the backup scripts work well and asks if they do a complete backup. They also ask if a specific script is up-to-date. The user is advised to run a command to find the fault and big files. It is determined that the Appwrite space is okay and the issue is related to Docker's use of overlay2. Solution: The solution proposed is to check the size of the overlay2 directory using the command "du -sh /

That's okay You see, in the attached photo you can see that the available space is the same as the main drive Docker uses overlay2 to connect the volumes to the containers

Okay ! So the 10gb is Appwrite + the OS data right ? Appwrite space is ok for you 🙂 ?

Thanks for your really quick help @Binyamin

If you do want to find the fault and the big files, run

TypeScript

 du -sh /*

Then, you can go folder by folder to find to over use. But if you have the

Images
Volumes At 5GB then it seems normal

Thanks a lot !

Last question, is this script is up-to-date ? https://gist.github.com/Meldiron/47b5851663668102a676aff43c6341f7

I think it should work yes, Also check Steven's one as it also dump the DB

Yeah I already has the steven one, working perfectly ! My question is all the scripts (steven or Meldiron) works exactly the same ? All does a complete backup ?