# Less than 5GB of disk space, can't upgrade Discourse

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/less-than-5gb-of-disk-space-cant-upgrade-discourse/107011>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Tags:** server-resources\
**Created:** [January 20, 2019, 9:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/less-than-5gb-of-disk-space-cant-upgrade-discourse/107011 "2019-01-20T09:58:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2019, 2:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/less-than-5gb-of-disk-space-cant-upgrade-discourse/107011/8 "2019-01-20T14:56:27Z")

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Have you checked your backups? It’s quite easy for them to fill your disk.

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