Troubleshooting Windows Server Disk Space Issue
One of my baby (Windows 2003 small business server) was having low disk space error yesterday. Its not the first time this Windows Server low disk space on its C: drive (system drive). I have do necessary housekeeping, cleanup temporary files.
After a day, the warning pop up again. It cause my application can’t proceed data into SQL database. I wonder why it eat up disk space so fast?
Root Cause: System Volume Information
Without anymore files to clean, I need to find out the root cause. I compare folders one by one in C: drive. Finally, found the folder “System Volume Information” contains 8GB files! It is under C:\ root drive after uncheck “Hide Protected Operating System files”.
It is the root cause. Lots of system files inside, looks like growing too everyday. In Windows XP, system volume information is location to store restore point. In Windows 2003 small business server, it contains shadow copy of shared folders or drive depends on settings. (more…)