What happens when I fill all disk space on my Discourse instance?

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I have a question about this.

I have 30.6 gb free right? What happens when I reach this limit? I will not be able to upload files anymore?

How it works?

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That’s probably your main disk, so if you fill that up, your site will stop working.

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E como faço para adquirir mais espaço? devo aumentar na hospedagem (Digital Ocean)?

English:
And how do I get more space? Should I increase in hosting (Digital Ocean)?

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Would be better if Englsh were used so others can help you :slight_smile:

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You can pay more money for Digital Ocean, and they will gladly give you more space.

Keep in mind, this space will last a lot of time in a discussion board, since text doesn’t take too much space.

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I don’t think you need it right now… do you REALLY think you’re gonna fill up 30GB? I’m a firm believer in only upping resources when it’s needed…

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In my forum users make available files and projects, so believe that it occupies many spaces, the maximum of each file is 3.5Mb

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Worry about it when the time comes. Not dismissing your concern, but it’s not warranted quite yet. How large is your site?

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Is a site with only 275 members, but I acquired it in just 3 days, I believe it will grow, almost all users will have available files to download.
http://projetoscnc.com.br

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Again, cross that bridge when you get to it. This is what I’d do (I do primarily devops): Monitor disk space and if disk space usage exceeds 80% – worry – until then – relax. Why are you gonna pay for more disk space than you actually need.

Unless you are currently using 80% of your disk space, stop worrying. In servers I manage, I will usually only add storage and/or RAM if I need it – not before.

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Oh, I’ve run out of free space in a private discourse instance many times. What happens is that the database operations fail. And the whole site goes offline. It recovers as soon as there’s free space in the instance.

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That can and may happen – HOWEVER, do not do anything until there is a need. You should be keeping an eye on disk space and system metrics anyways.

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