Checking Disk Space

The table below shows how to check for available disk space on each platform.

Related Topics
Checking Memory Usage
Checking for Other Running Processes
Reviewing Other Configuration Issues

Platform

Command

Examples

Windows chkdsk or dir dir c:\
Solaris df -Pk df -k /tmp
AIX df -Pk df -k /tmp

In a production environment, the database should not be on the same machine as the application server. Any disks in use should have more than ten percent free space. In particular, the drive pointed to by the workspace environment variable MX_BOS_WORKSPACE should have enough space.

The workspace is a space where files can be stored temporarily during file checkouts and other operations. As a rule, it should be as large as the largest file that would be checked out, multiplied by the number of users on the system. For Unix users, the /tmp directory should also be relatively free.