A developer shares a production incident where their server ran out of disk space immediately after launching a file download service for customers. The 40GB Hetzner server became completely full, preventing file access and potentially blocking incoming complaint emails. The author identifies large directories but realizes they need to investigate the remaining 20GB of unexplained disk usage.
Background
Running out of disk space is a common operational issue in production environments that can cause service disruptions and data loss. Many developers use cloud servers with limited storage that require careful monitoring and management.
- Source
- Lobsters
- Published
- Apr 2, 2026 at 04:21 PM
- Score
- 5.0 / 10