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data usage ubuntu server dramatically increased

thanks. i already used the --vacuum command and put it in a cron job. do you have any other ideas which directories besides my logs (and home) could cause a drastic increase in data usage?  

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@niftynei happy bday! What recommendations do you have for monitoring a system's data usage? Here is the context in a SN item lol [#745580](https://stacker.news/items/745580)

hi guys, after updating my server to ubuntu 24.04 and migrating to a new SSD, i noticed that its storage usage has dramatically increased. 

Although, it runs the same services as before, i.e. bitcoind, electrs, and mempool. It seems like it uses roughly 2G a day. after realizing this, i created a script and cronjob to log the data usage for theses services, and their directories. it looks like they are not using more than earlier.

**bitcoin electrs mempool timestamps**
711	    49	2.9          2024-10-24
711	    49	3.1	       2024-10-25
712	    49	2.9	       2024-10-26
712	    49	2.8	       2024-10-27
712	    49	2.7	       2024-10-28
713	    49	2.8	       2024-10-29


so i started looking in other places. i have already looked in:

- /var/logs/journal = 3G is quiet large, considering that the server was migrated to a "new" SSD
- other logs or child directories of /var/, like /run/; /cache/; or /run/ are quiet small

so i monitored my journalctl and found that mempool was writing a lot of logs, but added a cronjob to vaccum them more often. do you guys have any other tips & tricks for me to monitor my system's data usage? Have any of you experienced something similar with ubuntu 24.04?
