Free Up Linux Storage Space with the Top Disk Consumer Report Generator

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This handy utility can help troubleshoot disk usage on your system.

Determining what’s using up all that storage on your system can be challenging, but, says

Kimberly Lazarski, the Top Disk Consumer Report Generator can help.

The open source Top Disk Consumer Report Generator utility "allows you to clear space with minimum detective work," Lazarski says, and "can be used for routine housekeeping, troubleshooting disk usage on production servers, and as a training tool for junior sysadmins."

In this article, Lazarski, the tool’s creator, explains how to use it.

Read more at Opensource.com.
 
 

 
 

02/20/2023

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