Show Current Disk Usage

Valid for versions 94 through the latest version

Version:

94

Last modified: August 9, 2022

Overview

This feature displays your server’s current partition and hard disk usage.

Note:

To monitor disk space usage, enable the System disk space usage warnings setting in WHM’s Tweak Settings interface (WHM » Home » Server Configruation » Tweak Settings).
To disable notifications for specific mount points, add them to the /var/cpanel/chkservd_ignored_mounts file.

The Current Disk Usage Information Table

This table displays how the system stores information on your partition or hard disk.

Column	Description
Device	The device name of the partition or hard disk.
Size	The total size of the partition or hard disk.
Used	The amount of space that the system uses on the partition or hard disk.
Available	The amount of available space on the partition or hard disk.
Percent Used	The percentage of space that the system uses on the partition or hard disk.
Mount Point	The location of the partition or hard disk in the server’s directory structure.

The IO Statistics Table

The IO (input/output) Statistics table displays information from the iostat tool about how the system writes and reads files on your server’s partitions and hard drives.

The system calculates these statistics from data since last time that server restarted.

Column	Description
Device	The name of the partition or hard disk.
Trans./Sec	The number of blocks that the systems writes and reads per second on the partition or hard disk. This measures the partition’s or hard drive’s ability to manipulate information.
Blocks Read/sec	The number of blocks that the system reads per second from the partition or hard disk. This measures the partition’s or hard drive’s rate of output.
Blocks Written/Sec	The number of blocks that the system writes per second to the partition or hard disk. This measures the partition’s or hard drive’s rate of input.
Total Blocks Read	The total number of blocks that the system has read from the partition or hard drive. This measures how much information your hard drive has read.
Total Blocks Written	The total number of blocks that the system has written to the partition or hard drive. This measures how much information your hard drive has written.