Unix® System Management Primer Plus

Planning for Storage Needs

Planning for future storage capacity should be a priority for any system administrator. Historically, no other computing resource exhausts itself as quickly as disk space. To keep your system functioning smoothly, you need to be prepared for sudden increases in storage needs as well as the long-term storage needs of your organization. This involves proper allocation of disk resources, monitoring usage trends over time, and taking advantage of operating system features such as quotas and logical volume managers to dynamically control the space available for user data and file systems in general.

Monitor Disk Usage Trends

Disk space utilization typically increases either through short spikes in demand or as a result of ...