Disk space information

After deleting a lot of movies (about 50Gb) and emptying the trash, running maintenace scripts and re-booting twice, I get the following information:
The MacIntosh HD information seems correct, so both the Activity Monitor and Disk Utility are displaying old data.

I've just found more information at About this Mac>More Info>Storage
It seems that the deleted 50Gb is now in the "Backup" sector of the bar chart, unless it is this space now being used by Time Machine Snapshots. There is still a discrepancy between Get Info, Disk Utility and Activity Monitor.
Finding out how much disk space you actually have may not be so easy now Snapshots uses any free space for itself. I submitted a Bug Report.

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How to view disk space information

How to view disk space information in CLI

Perhaps you can share the output for the command ipcheck.
You should get an output like:
esalab.cisco.com> ipcheck
Ipcheck Rev           1
Date                  Mon Jun 18 10:43:20 2012
Model                 C150
Platform               (8066)
MGA Version           Version: 7.5.2-014
Build Date            2012-03-06
Install Date          2012-05-03 08:36:10
Burn-in Date          Unknown
Serial No.            001D09F09F6B-7xxxxx1
BIOS Version          A02I
RAID Version          02
RAID Status           READY
RAID Type             1
RAID Chunk            Unknown
BMC Version           1.70
Disk 0
Disk 1
Disk 2
Disk 3
Disk 4                233GB Seagate ST3250620NS 3BKH at ata2-master SATA300
Disk 5
Disk 6                233GB Seagate ST3250620NS 3BKH at ata3-master SATA300
Disk 7
Disk Total            466GB
Root                  400MB 43%
Nextroot              400MB 42%
Var                   400MB 0%
Log                   54GB 16%
DB                    2GB 0%
Swap                  6GB
Mail Queue            10GB
RAM 1 A               512M ECC 667MHz
RAM 1 B               512M ECC 667MHz
RAM 2 A               512M ECC 667MHz
RAM 2 B               512M ECC 667MHz
RAM Total             2G
CPU 1                 D 2G 800FSB 0.5M Cache
PCI 1                 PCI-X 64-bit Empty
PCI 2                 PCI-e 8x Empty
NIC Data 1            00:xx:xx:xx:xx:6b, NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (BCM5721)
NIC Data 2            00:xx:xx:xx:xx:6c, NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (BCM5721)
PS1                   Unknown
PS2                   Unknown
Key                   1da, IronPort Anti-Spam
Key                   1da, Receiving
Key                   expire, Bounce Verification
Key                   expire, Central Mgmt
Key                   expire, Intelligent Multi-Scan
Key                   expire, IronPort Email Encryption
Key                   expire, IronPort Image Analysis
Key                   expire, McAfee
Key                   expire, Outbreak Filters
Key                   expire, RSA Email Data Loss Prevention
Key                   expire, Sophos
esalab.cisco.com>

How to find Disk space information

Hi...
I want to know how or what API's to be used to get the disk information of the system that my programme is running.
Thanks
Sanesh

what os are you using: i know of a tops script that runs in *nix, i wrote a java app to access that information.
It shows load avg, disk free, mem free, uptime, and each fs disk free.
I can post if u need this for *nix based apps.
(Of course, this does distract from cross-platform stuff)
newio

Free disk Space in jdk1.5

How to find the free disk space .I have jdk1.5 being installed.
Can we use getFreeSpace() ?
Which all packages to import

Windows doesn't have a command that cleanly returns the amount of free space in a root drive. There are a number of ways that you can get the information.
One is to create a .bat batch file that does a "dir" command on the root directory, and then pipe the results through a filter to eliminate all but the one line that has the disk space information. like this:
dir c:\ | find "Dir(s)"Execute the batch file using Runtime.exec, then parse the returned line in the Java code.

How to find out disk space?

I know two ways to get some information about HD space. One is to Control-click on Mac HD and select Get Info. A dialog is displayed with detail information which contain Capacity, Available and Used numbers in GB.
Another way is to use Terminal with command df -lhg. This command displays similar information. However, by using command, the numbers I get are less than those in Get Info. They are not the same. Not sure if my command is correct or not. If not, what is the correct command to get disk space information?

Great! I will not need to worry about to reset the BLOCKSIZE back to the default value.
One thing interesting. Before I installed the Snow Leopard, I checked my disk space with Get Info. My HD available space was about 466GB. After the OS update, Get Info shows the capacity as 499GB. I thought that I got 30GB more space back. Actually, today I realize that the Get Info value of the pre-OS as based on the binary decimal, and the Get Info value of the Snow Leopard is 10-based decimal! This explains my question about my question of the difference of the Get Info value and the value of command "df -lhg"! "df -lHg" shows the same result, which is 10-based decimal value! I actually did no get more than 30GB disk space.

Please for referral information, how can I get more disk space, or actually information and guidelines that can have enough free disk space. How, I have to delete documents or downloading to another drive.

Please for referral information, how can I get more disk space, or actually information and guidelines that can have enough free disk space. How, I have to delete documents or downloading to another drive. (The problem is that Safari could not download the file "iTunesSetup.exe" because there is not enough free disk space.Try deleting documents or downloading to another drive) ... Perhaps this is the main problem why can not open iTunes and inscription is: the folder "iTunes" can not be found or created, and is required. The default location for this folder is inside the "Music" folder. - And after options ok, appears option: Choose iTunes Library with inscription iTunes needs a library to continue. You may choose an existing iTunes library or create a new one - but still following options Choose Library and the following options can not open iTunes ... Please for instructions on how to eliminate the problem or eror ...
Mac is running OS X v10.6.8, Safari should be 5.1.10. Or Mac OS X / Version 10.6.8 / Build 10K549 / Serial Number W8****ATM / Processor 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo / Memory 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3 or More Info:
Hardware Overview:
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro7,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2,4 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Bus Speed: 1,07 GHz
Boot ROM Version: MBP71.0039.B0B
SMC Version (system): 1.62f7
Serial Number (system): W80394HFATM
Hardware UUID: 94647506-C5D0-5D73-BC7F-FC680D238F43
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State: Enabled
<Personsl Information Edited by Host>

buy an external HD 1TB for $60
NO notebook is a mass storage device, so dont try to turn it into one, it doesnt work that way.
Unless youre using it every couple weeks, its static data and should be on an external HD
In the case of a Macbook Air or Macbook Pro Retina with ‘limited’ storage on the SSD, this distinction becomes more important in that in an ever rapidly increasing file-size world, you keep vital large media files, pics, video, PDF collections, music off your SSD and archived on external storage, for sake of the necessary room for your system to have free space to operate, store future applications and general workspace. You should never be put in the position of considering “deleting things” on your macbook SSD in order to ‘make space’.
Professionals who create and import very large amounts of data have almost no change in the available space on their computers internal HD because they are constantly archiving data to arrays of external or networked HD.
Or in the case of the consumer this means you keep folders for large imported or created data and you ritually offload and archive this data for safekeeping, not only to safeguard the data in case your macbook has a HD crash, or gets stolen, but importantly in keeping the ‘breathing room’ open for your computer to operate, expand, create files, add applications, for your APPS to create temp files, and for general operation.

CSCul50066 - Upgrade fails due to lack of disk space in the /common partition

I noticed this has only 1 and 2 star ratings after bumping into this issue myself, so I figured I would help out the original poster and others who are experiencing this issue.
Presumably, the original poster is intending to advise that we read the CUCM 10.0(1) Upgrade Guide, and view the Pre-Upgrade Tasks therein. These (the bullet points below) seem to be the salient options contained in that section. I used the "Free Common Space COP file" option to resolve my disk space issue and allow my upgrade. I found the .cop file in the following download area on CCO:
Downloads Home
Products
Unified Communications
Call Control
Unified Communications Manager (CallManager)
Unified Communications Manager Version 10.0
Unified Communications Manager / CallManager / Cisco Unity Connection Utilities-COP-Files
It is called: "VMware Disk Size Reallocation COP file: This COP file allows UCM VMs to increase the size of their vDisk(s) without requiring a system rebuild.
ciscocm.free_common_space_v1.1.cop.sgn "
• Use the Cisco Log Partition Monitoring Tool to adjust the low and high watermarks to reduce the traces
and remove unnecessary log files. Cisco recommends that you adjust the low watermark value to 30,
and the high watermark value to 40. After the upgrade, you must restore the high and low watermarks
to their original values in order to avoid premature purging of traces. The default value for the high
watermark is 85. The default value for the low watermark is 80. For more information about using the
Cisco Log Partition Monitoring Tool, see the Cisco Unified Real-Time Monitoring Tool Administration
Guide.
• Use the Disk Expansion COP file (ciscocm.vmware-disk-size-reallocation-<latest_version>.cop.sgn) to
expand the vDisk size if your virtual environment has additional available disk space. Ensure that you
review the Readme file that supports this COP file before you proceed.
• Use the Free Common Space COP file (ciscocm.free_common_space_v<latest_version>.cop.sgn). This
COP file removes the inactive side in the common partition to increase available disk space without
requiring a system rebuild. Ensure that you review the Readme file that supports this COP file before
you proceed.
• Manually remove outdated or unused firmware files from the TFTP directory. You can remove these
files using the TFTP File Management page in the OS Administration interface, or you can use the file
list tftp and file delete tftp commands from the command line interface.

I noticed this has only 1 and 2 star ratings after bumping into this issue myself, so I figured I would help out the original poster and others who are experiencing this issue.
Presumably, the original poster is intending to advise that we read the CUCM 10.0(1) Upgrade Guide, and view the Pre-Upgrade Tasks therein. These (the bullet points below) seem to be the salient options contained in that section. I used the "Free Common Space COP file" option to resolve my disk space issue and allow my upgrade. I found the .cop file in the following download area on CCO:
Downloads Home
Products
Unified Communications
Call Control
Unified Communications Manager (CallManager)
Unified Communications Manager Version 10.0
Unified Communications Manager / CallManager / Cisco Unity Connection Utilities-COP-Files
It is called: "VMware Disk Size Reallocation COP file: This COP file allows UCM VMs to increase the size of their vDisk(s) without requiring a system rebuild.
ciscocm.free_common_space_v1.1.cop.sgn "
• Use the Cisco Log Partition Monitoring Tool to adjust the low and high watermarks to reduce the traces
and remove unnecessary log files. Cisco recommends that you adjust the low watermark value to 30,
and the high watermark value to 40. After the upgrade, you must restore the high and low watermarks
to their original values in order to avoid premature purging of traces. The default value for the high
watermark is 85. The default value for the low watermark is 80. For more information about using the
Cisco Log Partition Monitoring Tool, see the Cisco Unified Real-Time Monitoring Tool Administration
Guide.
• Use the Disk Expansion COP file (ciscocm.vmware-disk-size-reallocation-<latest_version>.cop.sgn) to
expand the vDisk size if your virtual environment has additional available disk space. Ensure that you
review the Readme file that supports this COP file before you proceed.
• Use the Free Common Space COP file (ciscocm.free_common_space_v<latest_version>.cop.sgn). This
COP file removes the inactive side in the common partition to increase available disk space without
requiring a system rebuild. Ensure that you review the Readme file that supports this COP file before
you proceed.
• Manually remove outdated or unused firmware files from the TFTP directory. You can remove these
files using the TFTP File Management page in the OS Administration interface, or you can use the file
list tftp and file delete tftp commands from the command line interface.

How can I delete event files from iMovie to save disk space?

I have been shooting a lot of HD video of my son's soccer games and am now realizing some of the problems with the newer iMovie 10. It appears to not allow for partial video deletion of videos in events (really too bad because previous versions of iMovie did this really well), And, sometimes it will not actually move the deleted file to the Trash to help free up disk space on the computer. This is also a problem because I have to did around in the View in Finder mode to find the events I just deleted in order to move them to the Trash manually. Yeegads! All of this said, what I appear to have happening is a huge amount of video that I never plan to keep (most of a 90 minute soccer game does not make it into highlights -- imagine that?) clogging up my hard drive. My poor computer needs to have a cholesteral check.
Any advice on how to manage large video files 40 minute HD files within (or outside) of iMovie 10 so that I can efficiently eliminate irrelevant content and actually delete files to prevent disk overload would be greatly appreciated. I am thinking about using iMovie 9 to edit down and delete the unwanted footage and then update the files into iMovie 10 for some of its bells and whistles any problems with that?
I must admit, I think iMovie 10 is a failure in certain essential ways. It dropped Keywords, its deletion is not true deletion, and it's all or nothing when deleting an event. I have always been a huge Apple fan, but this new release of iMovie 10 has not been a good user experience for me. I have read a lot of feedback from others with similar problems and issues with iMovie 10 and would really like to understand what Apple plans to do to address some of these defficiencies in what will hopefully be a much better next version.
Thanks for any help you can provide.

Hi PGWilli,
If you are satisfied with 8.0 then you shouldn't need 4.01 at all. As long as all your bookmarks and personal information are in the newer version, go ahead and remove the older version.

Problem with Photoshop CS5. Memory and Hard disk space Mac OSX

Just got CS5 Master Suite. Whenever I open photoshop it takes a ton of memory 1 gig +. When I open files it takes up more and more until it takes up all my memory and hard disk space. I open a simple multi layered file that is 25 megs in size to work on it. Before I know it photoshop is taking 20gigs+ of my hard disk space along with 3+ gigs of system memory. Is there a memory problem in photoshop cs5?
Thanks!
Joseph
UPDATE:
So I just opened the 25 meg file in photoshop cs5 and watched my free space on my hard drive go down 8 gigs the instant I opened it. It went from 27 gigs of freespace to 19 instantly. As I open more files and close others it works till my harddrive goes to zero space... stalls the computer big time. Only way to correct it is to quit photoshop cs5 and wait a few minutes for the space to return... and it takes a few minutes for it all to return.
I am running a Macbook Pro with OSX 10.6., 4 gigs of ram on board.
anyone else having simular problems?

http://forums.adobe.com/thread/681490?tstart=0
Maybe this thread offers some information.
And have you perused this page?
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/404/kb404440.html

Disk space used much larger than actual files

I noticed this morning that Terminal was giving a warning about running out of swap space, which I thought was odd, as /var/vm was only at around ~10GB, but later when I tried to install some updates, I noticed that it said I only had 1.8MB free on my hard drive. I ran a df -h and it showed %iused at 100%. I immediately deleted some logs to free up a few megabytes of space and started hunting for what could have been hogging all my disk space, I seem to remember having 60GB free last time I checked. I was deleting a few small files, when I noticed this
bash-4.2# du -h -d 1
6.2M          ./.DocumentRevisions-V100
584K          ./.fseventsd
583M          ./.Spotlight-V100
0B          ./.Trashes
31G          ./Applications
2.1M          ./bin
20K          ./cache
3.8G          ./data
5.0K          ./dev
34M          ./Developer
1.3M          ./EFI
1.0K          ./home
8.9G          ./Library
1.0K          ./net
0B          ./Network
185M          ./opt
12G          ./private
1.5M          ./sbin
0B          ./Shared Items
4.1G          ./System
52G          ./Users
4.9G          ./usr
4.0K          ./Volumes
117G
So apparently, according to du, I am only using 117GB of my hard drive. I immediately ran this
bash-4.2# df -h
Filesystem      Size   Used Avail Capacity iused   ifree %iused Mounted on
/dev/disk1     297Gi 283Gi   14Gi    96% 74220526 3630455   95%   /
devfs          200Ki 200Ki    0Bi   100%      692       0 100%   /dev
map -hosts       0Bi    0Bi    0Bi   100%        0       0 100%   /net
map auto_home    0Bi    0Bi    0Bi   100%        0       0 100%   /home
So my question is how is it that all of my files combined are using 117GB, including swap, but according to df, Disk Utility and Finder I am using 283GB? I am using FileVault 2, if that helps
Here's some more data
bash-4.2# diskutil cs list
CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group 31DE1089-1F50-45A1-81C8-D42D61DB2EAC
    =========================================================
    Name:         Internal Hard Drive
    Status:       Online
    Size:         319213174784 B (319.2 GB)
    Free Space:   16777216 B (16.8 MB)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume B22747BA-EF78-4BB2-A2ED-57A8A3C39C5E
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   Index:    0
    |   Disk:     disk0s2
    |   Status:   Online
    |   Size:     319213174784 B (319.2 GB)
    |
    +-> Logical Volume Family 80EF550B-053A-4DAF-8CC0-45D832CA8865
        Encryption Status:       Unlocked
        Encryption Type:         AES-XTS
        Conversion Status:       Complete
        Conversion Direction:    -none-
        Has Encrypted Extents:   Yes
        Fully Secure:            Yes
        Passphrase Required:     Yes
        |
        +-> Logical Volume 43CA4685-144B-450C-A2AD-30643D38D310
            Disk:               disk1
            Status:             Online
            Size (Total):       318877626368 B (318.9 GB)
            Size (Converted):   -none-
            Revertible:         Yes (unlock and decryption required)
            LV Name:            Internal Hard Drive
            Volume Name:        Internal Hard Drive
            Content Hint:       Apple_HFS
Also, according to Activity Monitor I have 804MB of RAM free, but my VM size is 430GB. It also says Swap Used: 2.85GB, however /private/var/vm is at 8GB.
System profile is here:
Audio:
    Intel High Definition Audio:
      Audio ID: 31
        Headphone:
          Connection: Combination Output
        Speaker:
          Connection: Internal
        Line Input:
          Connection: Combination Input
        Internal Microphone:
          Connection: Internal
        S/PDIF Optical Digital Audio Output:
          Connection: Combination Output
        External Microphone / iPhone Headset:
          Connection: Combination Output
        HDMI / DisplayPort Output:
          Connection: Display
    Devices:
        AirPlay:
          Manufacturer: Apple Inc.
          Output Channels: 2
          Current SampleRate: 44100
          Transport: AirPlay
        Built-in Input:
          Default Input Device: Yes
          Input Channels: 2
          Manufacturer: Apple Inc.
          Current SampleRate: 44100
          Transport: Built-in
        Built-in Output:
          Default Output Device: Yes
          Default System Output Device: Yes
          Manufacturer: Apple Inc.
          Output Channels: 2
          Current SampleRate: 44100
          Transport: Built-in
        Soundflower (2ch):
          Input Channels: 2
          Manufacturer: ma++ ingalls for Cycling '74
          Output Channels: 2
          Current SampleRate: 44100
          Transport: Unknown
        Soundflower (64ch):
          Input Channels: 64
          Manufacturer: ma++ ingalls for Cycling '74
          Output Channels: 64
          Current SampleRate: 44100
          Transport: Unknown
        After Effects 10.0:
          Manufacturer: Apple, Inc.
          Current SampleRate: 0
          Transport: Unknown
        AirParrot:
          Input Channels: 2
          Manufacturer: squirrels
          Output Channels: 2
          Current SampleRate: 44100
          Transport: Unknown
Bluetooth:
      Apple Bluetooth Software Version: 4.1.4f2 12041
      Hardware Settings:
          Address: C8-BC-C8-F0-BC-A5
          Manufacturer: Broadcom
          Name: niles-macbook
          Firmware Version: v41 c822
          Bluetooth Power: On
          Discoverable: Off
          Vendor ID: 0x5ac
          Product ID: 0x8218
      Services:
          Bluetooth File Transfer:
              Folder other devices can browse: ~/Public
              State: Enabled
          Bluetooth File Exchange:
              Folder for accepted items: ~/Downloads
              When other items are accepted: Ask
              When receiving items: Prompt for each file
              State: Enabled
      Devices (Paired, Favorites, etc):
          mouse:
              Address: d4-9a-20-81-10-c2
              Type: Mouse
              Firmware Version: 0x84
              Services: Apple Wireless Mouse
              Paired: Yes
              Favorite: No
              Connected: Yes
              Manufacturer: Apple (0x3, 0x31c)
              Vendor ID: 0x5ac
              Product ID: 0x30d
              EDR Supported: No
              eSCO Supported: No
      Incoming Serial Ports:
          Bluetooth-PDA-Sync:
              RFCOMM Channel: 3
              Requires Authentication: No
      Outgoing Serial Ports:
          Bluetooth-Modem:
              Address:
              RFCOMM Channel: 0
              Requires Authentication: No
Diagnostics:
    Power On Self-Test:
      Last Run: 9/4/13 5:28 PM
      Result: Passed
Disc Burning:
    HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS23N:
      Firmware Revision: SB10
      Interconnect: ATAPI
      Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipping Drive)
      Cache: 2048 KB
      Reads DVD: Yes
      CD-Write: -R, -RW
      DVD-Write: -R, -R DL, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW
      Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
      Media: To show the available burn speeds, insert a disc and choose File > Refresh Information
Ethernet Cards:
    ethernet:
      Type: Ethernet Controller
      Bus: PCI
      Vendor ID: 0x10de
      Device ID: 0x0d7d
      Subsystem Vendor ID: 0x106b
      Subsystem ID: 0xcb89
      Revision ID: 0x00a1
      BSD name: en0
      Kext name: nvenet.kext
      Location: /System/Library/Extensions/IONetworkingFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/nvenet.kext
      Version: 2.0.19
Firewall:
    Firewall Settings:
      Mode: Allow all incoming connections
      Firewall Logging: Yes
      Stealth Mode: Yes
Graphics/Displays:
    NVIDIA GeForce 320M:
      Chipset Model: NVIDIA GeForce 320M
      Type: GPU
      Bus: PCI
      VRAM (Total): 256 MB
      Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)
      Device ID: 0x08a0
      Revision ID: 0x00a2
      ROM Revision: 3533
      Displays:
        Color LCD:
          Display Type: LCD
          Resolution: 1280 x 800
          Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
          Main Display: Yes
          Mirror: Off
          Online: Yes
          Built-In: Yes
Hardware:
    Hardware Overview:
      Model Name: MacBook
      Model Identifier: MacBook7,1
      Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
      Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz
      Number of Processors: 1
      Total Number of Cores: 2
      L2 Cache: 3 MB
      Memory: 4 GB
      Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
      Boot ROM Version: MB71.0039.B0E
      SMC Version (system): 1.60f6
      Serial Number (system): 4505005NGP6
      Hardware UUID: 147BC83C-F831-52F6-976D-66749236DA55
      Sudden Motion Sensor:
          State: Enabled
Locations:
    Automatic:
      Active Location: Yes
      Services:
        Wi-Fi:
          Type: IEEE80211
          BSD Device Name: en1
          Hardware (MAC) Address: c8:bc:c8:f0:d8:32
          IPv4:
              Configuration Method: DHCP
          IPv6:
              Configuration Method: Automatic
          Proxies:
              Exceptions List: *.local, 169.254/16, 192.168/16
              FTP Passive Mode: Yes
              HTTP Proxy Enabled: No
              HTTP Proxy Port: 6515
              HTTP Proxy Server: 68.37.6.66
              SOCKS Proxy Enabled: No
              SOCKS Proxy Port: 9999
              SOCKS Proxy Server: localhost
          IEEE80211:
              PowerEnabled: 1
              RememberJoinedNetworks: 1
              RequireAdminIBSS: 0
              RequireAdminNetworkChange: 0
              RequireAdminPowerToggle: 0
          SMB:
              NetBIOSName: niles-macbook
        Ethernet:
          Type: Ethernet
          BSD Device Name: en0
          Hardware (MAC) Address: dc:2b:61:fc:1c:ec
          IPv4:
              Configuration Method: DHCP
          IPv6:
              Configuration Method: Automatic
          DNS:
              Server Addresses: 127.0.0.1
          Proxies:
              Exceptions List: *.local, 169.254/16
              FTP Passive Mode: Yes
          SMB:
              NetBIOSName: niles-macbook
        VPN (PPTP):
          Type: PPP
          IPv4:
              Configuration Method: PPP
          IPv6:
              Configuration Method: Automatic
          Proxies:
              FTP Passive Mode: Yes
          PPP:
              ACSP Enabled: Yes
              Authorization Name: vpnbook
              Authorization Password: A6935819-8F9B-4A32-A9E6-B7B3B69CAA86
              Authorization Password Encryption: KeyChain
              CCP Enabled: 1
              CCP MPPE 128 Enabled: 1
              CCP MPPE 40 Enabled: 1
              Display Terminal Window: No
              Redial Count: 1
              Redial Enabled: No
              Redial Interval: 5
              Remote Address: euro195.vpnbook.com
              Use Terminal Script: No
              Dial on Demand: No
              Disconnect on Fast User Switch: No
              Disconnect on Idle: No
              Disconnect on Idle Timer: 600
              Disconnect on Logout: No
              Disconnect on Sleep: No
              Idle Reminder: No
              Idle Reminder Time: 1800
              IPCP Compression VJ: No
              LCP Echo Enabled: Yes
              LCP Echo Failure: 15
              LCP Echo Interval: 20
              Log File: /var/log/ppp.log
              Verbose Logging: Yes
          SMB:
              NetBIOSName: niles-macbook
        Bluetooth DUN:
          Type: PPP
          IPv4:
              Configuration Method: PPP
          IPv6:
              Configuration Method: Automatic
          Proxies:
              FTP Passive Mode: Yes
          PPP:
              ACSP Enabled: No
              Display Terminal Window: No
              Redial Count: 1
              Redial Enabled: Yes
              Redial Interval: 5
              Use Terminal Script: No
              Dial on Demand: No
              Disconnect on Fast User Switch: Yes
              Disconnect on Idle: Yes
              Disconnect on Idle Timer: 600
              Disconnect on Logout: Yes
              Disconnect on Sleep: Yes
              Idle Reminder: No
              Idle Reminder Time: 1800
              IPCP Compression VJ: Yes
              LCP Echo Enabled: No
              LCP Echo Failure: 4
              LCP Echo Interval: 10
              Log File: /var/log/ppp.log
              Verbose Logging: No
          SMB:
              NetBIOSName: niles-macbook
Memory:
    Memory Slots:
      ECC: Disabled
        BANK 0/DIMM0:
          Size: 2 GB
          Type: DDR3
          Speed: 1067 MHz
          Status: OK
          Manufacturer: 0x80AD
          Part Number: 0x484D54313235533654465238432D47372020
          Serial Number: 0x0973B606
        BANK 1/DIMM0:
          Size: 2 GB
          Type: DDR3
          Speed: 1067 MHz
          Status: OK
          Manufacturer: 0x80AD
          Part Number: 0x484D54313235533654465238432D47372020
          Serial Number: 0x0933B66D
Network:
    AirPort:
      Type: AirPort
      Hardware: AirPort
      BSD Device Name: en1
      Has IP Assigned: Yes
      IPv4 Addresses: 192.168.1.5
      IPv4:
          Addresses: 192.168.1.5
          ARPResolvedHardwareAddress: 00:26:b8:5d:6b:ed
          ARPResolvedIPAddress: 192.168.1.1
          Configuration Method: DHCP
          Interface Name: en1
          Network Signature: IPv4.Router=192.168.1.1;IPv4.RouterHardwareAddress=00:26:b8:5d:6b:ed
          Router: 192.168.1.1
          Subnet Masks: 255.255.255.0
      IPv6:
          Configuration Method: Automatic
      DNS:
          Domain Name: homenetwork.internal
          Server Addresses: 192.168.1.1
      DHCP Server Responses:
          Domain Name: homenetwork.internal
          Domain Name Servers: 192.168.1.1
          Lease Duration (seconds): 0
          DHCP Message Type: 0x05
          Routers: 192.168.1.1
          Server Identifier: 192.168.1.1
          Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
      Ethernet:
          MAC Address: c8:bc:c8:f0:d8:32
          Media Options:
          Media Subtype: Auto Select
      Proxies:
          Exceptions List: *.local, 169.254/16, 192.168/16
          FTP Passive Mode: Yes
          HTTP Proxy Enabled: No
          HTTP Proxy Port: 6515
          HTTP Proxy Server: 68.37.6.66
          SOCKS Proxy Enabled: No
          SOCKS Proxy Port: 9999
          SOCKS Proxy Server: localhost
      Sleep Proxies:
        1 Printer 1:
          Marginal Power: 60
          Metric: 703560
          Portability: 35
          Total Power: 63
          Type: 70
      Service Order: 0
    Ethernet:
      Type: Ethernet
      Hardware: Ethernet
      BSD Device Name: en0
      Has IP Assigned: No
      IPv4:
          Configuration Method: DHCP
      IPv6:
          Configuration Method: Automatic
      DNS:
          Server Addresses: 127.0.0.1
      Ethernet:
          MAC Address: dc:2b:61:fc:1c:ec
          Media Options:
          Media Subtype: Auto Select
      Proxies:
          Exceptions List: *.local, 169.254/16
          FTP Passive Mode: Yes
      Service Order: 1
    VPN (PPTP):
      Type: PPP (PPTP)
      BSD Device Name: ppp0
      Has IP Assigned: Yes
      IPv4 Addresses: 172.16.36.248
      IPv4:
          Addresses: 172.16.36.248
          Configuration Method: PPP
          Destination Addresses: 172.16.36.1
          Interface Name: ppp0
          Network Signature: VPN.RemoteAddress=euro195.vpnbook.com
          Router: 172.16.36.1
          ServerAddress: 93.115.84.195
      IPv6:
          Configuration Method: Automatic
      DNS:
          Server Addresses: 195.60.76.114, 195.60.76.115
          Supplemental Match Domains:
          Supplemental Match Orders: 100000
      Proxies:
          FTP Passive Mode: Yes
          Supplemental Match Domains:
          Supplemental Match Orders: 100000
      Service Order: 2
    Bluetooth DUN:
      Type: PPP (PPPSerial)
      Hardware: Modem
      BSD Device Name: Bluetooth-Modem
      Has IP Assigned: No
      IPv4:
          Configuration Method: PPP
      IPv6:
          Configuration Method: Automatic
      Proxies:
          FTP Passive Mode: Yes
      Service Order: 3
Power:
    Battery Information:
      Model Information:
          Serial Number: W0043T3DRE1KB
          Manufacturer: SMP
          Device Name: bq20z451
          Pack Lot Code: 0
          PCB Lot Code: 0
          Firmware Version: 201
          Hardware Revision: 000a
          Cell Revision: 164
      Charge Information:
          Charge Remaining (mAh): 4995
          Fully Charged: Yes
          Charging: No
          Full Charge Capacity (mAh): 5137
      Health Information:
          Cycle Count: 97
          Condition: Normal
      Battery Installed: Yes
      Amperage (mA): -1105
      Voltage (mV): 12162
    System Power Settings:
      AC Power:
          System Sleep Timer (Minutes): 0
          Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10
          Display Sleep Timer (Minutes): 1
          Wake on AC Change: No
          Wake on Clamshell Open: Yes
          Wake on LAN: Yes
          Current Power Source: Yes
          Display Sleep Uses Dim: Yes
          PrioritizeNetworkReachabilityOverSleep: 0
      Battery Power:
          System Sleep Timer (Minutes): 25
          Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10
          Display Sleep Timer (Minutes): 1
          Wake on AC Change: No
          Wake on Clamshell Open: Yes
          Display Sleep Uses Dim: Yes
          Reduce Brightness: Yes
    Hardware Configuration:
      UPS Installed: No
    AC Charger Information:
      Connected: Yes
      ID: 0x0100
      Wattage (W): 60
      Revision: 0x0000
      Family: 0x0085
      Serial Number: 0x00fce157
      Charging: No
Printer Software:
    Printers:
      Printers:
          Path: /Library/Printers/Brother/Filter/commandtobrother.bundle/Contents/Info.plist
          Version: 1.0.5
          Path: /Library/Printers/Brother/Filter/rastertobrother145.bundle/Contents/Info.plist
          Version: 1.0.4
[Trimmed]
          Path: /Library/Printers/Samsung/PDEs/JobRetention.bundle/Contents/Info.plist
          Version: 1.05
          Path: /Library/Printers/Samsung/PDEs/JobSetting.bundle/Contents/Info.plist
          Version: 6.0
          Path: /Library/Printers/Samsung/PDEs/Output.bundle/Contents/Info.plist
          Version: 1.05
          Path: /Library/Printers/Samsung/PDEs/Printer.bundle/Contents/Info.plist
          Version: 1.05
    Image Capture Devices:
      Image Capture Devices:
          Path: /Library/Image Capture/Devices/Canon IJScanner2.app/Contents/Info.plist
          Version: 1.5.1
          Path: /Library/Image Capture/Devices/Canon IJScanner2.app/Contents/Resources/DeviceInfo.plist
          Version: 1.5.1
          Path: /Library/Image Capture/Devices/Canon IJScanner2.app/Contents/Resources/DeviceMatchingInfo.plist
[Trimmed]
          Path: /Library/Image Capture/Devices/HPScanner.app/Contents/Resources/DeviceMatchingInfo.plist
          Version: 1.9.2
    Image Capture Support:
      Image Capture Support:
          Path: /Library/Image Capture/Support/Hewlett-Packard/Devices/HPAiOScan.bundle/Contents/Info.plist
          Version: 2.3.0
          Path: /Library/Image Capture/Support/Hewlett-Packard/Devices/HPAiOScan.bundle/Contents/Resources/DeviceInfo.plist
          Version: 2.3.0
    Extensions:
      Extensions:
          Path: /System/Library/Extensions/AppleMobileDevice.kext
          Version: 3.3.0
          Path: /System/Library/Extensions/AppleStorageDrivers.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleATAPIStorage.kext
          Version: 3.1.7
          Path: /System/Library/Extensions/AppleStorageDrivers.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleXserveRAID.kext
          Version: 3.1.7
          Path: /System/Library/Extensions/AppleStorageDrivers.kext/Contents/PlugIns/FireWireStorageDeviceSpecifics.kext
          Version: 3.1.7
          Path: /System/Library/Extensions/AppleStorageDrivers.kext/Contents/PlugIns/SonyXDCAMDriver.kext
          Version: 3.1.7
          Path: /System/Library/Extensions/AppleStorageDrivers.kext/Contents/PlugIns/USBStorageDeviceSpecifics.kext
          Version: 3.1.7
          Path: /System/Library/Extensions/AppleUSBTopCase.kext
          Version: 237.1
          Path: /System/Library/Extensions/BJUSBLoad.kext
          Version: 2.1.0
          Path: /System/Library/Extensions/CellPhoneHelper.kext
          Version: 1.2.6
          Path: /System/Library/Extensions/hp_fax_io.kext
          Version: 5.5.0
          Path: /System/Library/Extensions/hp_Inkjet1_io_enabler.kext
          Version: 2.6.0
          Path: /System/Library/Extensions/hp_Inkjet3_io_enabler.kext
          Version: 3.3.0
          Path: /System/Library/Extensions/IOHIDFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/IOHIDEventDriver.kext
          Version: 1.8.1
          Path: /System/Library/Extensions/IOHIDFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/IOHIDEventDriverSafeBoot.kext
          Version: 1.8.1
          Path: /System/Library/Extensions/IOHIDFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/IOHIDUserClient.kext
          Version: 1.8.1
          Path: /System/Library/Extensions/IOStreamFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/IOStreamUserClient.kext
          Version: 1.1.0
          Path: /System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/IOUSBHIDDriverSafeBoot.kext
          Version: 4.4.5
          Path: /System/Library/Extensions/IOVideoFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/IOVideoDeviceUserClient.kext
          Version: 1.2.0
Printers:
    Printer 1:
      Status: Idle
      Print Server: Local
      Driver Version: 1.0
      Default: Yes
      Shared: Yes
      URI: dnssd://Printer%201._ipp._tcp.local./
      PPD: HP Officejet Pro 8100-AirPrint
      PPD File Version: 1.0
      PostScript Version: (3010.000) 0
      CUPS Version: 1.6.2 (cups-327.6)
      Scanning support: No
      Printer Commands: none
      CUPS filters:
        image/urf processed in Printer:
      Fax support: No
      PDEs:
Serial-ATA:
    NVidia MCP89 AHCI:
      Vendor: NVidia
      Product: MCP89 AHCI
      Link Speed: 3 Gigabit
      Negotiated Link Speed: 1.5 Gigabit
      Description: AHCI Version 1.30 Supported
        TOSHIBA MK3255GSXF:
          Capacity: 320.07 GB (320,072,933,376 bytes)
          Model: TOSHIBA MK3255GSXF
          Revision: FH415B
          Serial Number:            90TFF00PS
          Native Command Queuing: Yes
          Queue Depth: 32
          Removable Media: No
          Detachable Drive: No
          BSD Name: disk0
          Rotational Rate: 5400
          Medium Type: Rotational
          Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
          S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified
          Volumes:
            disk0s1:
              Capacity: 209.7 MB (209,715,200 bytes)
              BSD Name: disk0s1
              Content: EFI
            disk0s2:
              Capacity: 319.21 GB (319,213,174,784 bytes)
              BSD Name: disk0s2
              Content: Apple_CoreStorage
            Recovery HD:
              Capacity: 650 MB (650,002,432 bytes)
              File System: Journaled HFS+
              BSD Name: disk0s3
              Content: Apple_Boot
              Volume UUID: 9938BA16-8F0C-3D96-829A-2AF41E6A4C76
    NVidia MCP89 AHCI:
      Vendor: NVidia
      Product: MCP89 AHCI
      Link Speed: 3 Gigabit
      Negotiated Link Speed: 1.5 Gigabit
      Description: AHCI Version 1.30 Supported
        HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS23N:
          Model: HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS23N
          Revision: SB10
          Serial Number: KZ1A8TA3628
          Native Command Queuing: No
          Detachable Drive: No
          Power Off: Yes
          Async Notification: No
Software:
    System Software Overview:
      System Version: OS X 10.8.4 (12E55)
      Kernel Version: Darwin 12.4.0
      Boot Volume: Internal Hard Drive
      Boot Mode: Normal
      Computer Name: niles-macbook
      User Name: System Administrator (root)
      Secure Virtual Memory: Enabled
      Time since boot: 2 days 19:13
Storage:
    Internal Hard Drive:
      Available: 15.79 GB (15,792,230,400 bytes)
      Capacity: 318.88 GB (318,877,626,368 bytes)
      Mount Point: /
      File System: Journaled HFS+
      Writable: Yes
      Ignore Ownership: No
      BSD Name: disk1
      Volume UUID: 5A09BE44-23E3-301A-9831-E1C07F058FAB
      Logical Volume:
          Revertible: Yes (unlock and decryption required)
          Encrypted: Yes
          Encryption Type: AES-XTS
          Locked: No
          LV UUID: 43CA4685-144B-450C-A2AD-30643D38D310
      Logical Volume Group:
          Name: Internal Hard Drive
          Size: 319.21 GB (319,213,174,784 bytes)
          Free Space: 16.8 MB (16,777,216 bytes)
          LVG UUID: 31DE1089-1F50-45A1-81C8-D42D61DB2EAC
      Physical Volumes:
        disk0s2:
          Media Name: TOSHIBA MK3255GSXF Media
          Size: 319.21 GB (319,213,174,784 bytes)
          Medium Type: Rotational
          Protocol: SATA
          Internal: Yes
          Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
          Status: Online
          S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
          PV UUID: B22747BA-EF78-4BB2-A2ED-57A8A3C39C5E
Thunderbolt:
      Thunderbolt: No hardware was found.
USB:
    USB Hi-Speed Bus:
      Host Controller Location: Built-in USB
      Host Controller Driver: AppleUSBEHCI
      PCI Device ID: 0x0d9d
      PCI Revision ID: 0x00a2
      PCI Vendor ID: 0x10de
      Bus Number: 0x24
        Built-in iSight:
          Product ID: 0x8507
          Vendor ID: 0x05ac (Apple Inc.)
          Version: 4.42
          Serial Number: 8JAC2190MDCJ5A00
          Speed: Up to 480 Mb/sec
          Manufacturer: Apple Inc.
          Location ID: 0x24600000 / 2
          Current Available (mA): 500
          Current Required (mA): 500
    USB Hi-Speed Bus:
      Host Controller Location: Built-in USB
      Host Controller Driver: AppleUSBEHCI
      PCI Device ID: 0x0d9d
      PCI Revision ID: 0x00a2
      PCI Vendor ID: 0x10de
      Bus Number: 0x26
    USB Bus:
      Host Controller Location: Built-in USB
      Host Controller Driver: AppleUSBOHCI
      PCI Device ID: 0x0d9c
      PCI Revision ID: 0x00a1
      PCI Vendor ID: 0x10de
      Bus Number: 0x04
    USB Bus:
      Host Controller Location: Built-in USB
      Host Controller Driver: AppleUSBOHCI
      PCI Device ID: 0x0d9c
      PCI Revision ID: 0x00a1
      PCI Vendor ID: 0x10de
      Bus Number: 0x06
        BRCM2070 Hub:
          Product ID: 0x4500
          Vendor ID: 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.)
          Version: 1.00
          Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec
          Manufacturer: Apple Inc.
          Location ID: 0x06600000 / 3
          Current Available (mA): 500
          Current Required (mA): 94
            Bluetooth USB Host Controller:
              Product ID: 0x8218
              Vendor ID: 0x05ac (Apple Inc.)
              Version: 0.41
              Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec
              Manufacturer: Apple Inc.
              Location ID: 0x06630000 / 6
              Current Available (mA): 500
              Current Required (mA): 0
        Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad:
          Product ID: 0x0236
          Vendor ID: 0x05ac (Apple Inc.)
          Version: 0.90
          Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec
          Manufacturer: Apple Inc.
          Location ID: 0x06300000 / 2
          Current Available (mA): 500
          Current Required (mA): 40
Volumes:
    net:
      Type: autofs
      Mount Point: /net
      Mounted From: map -hosts
      Automounted: Yes
    home:
      Type: autofs
      Mount Point: /home
      Mounted From: map auto_home
      Automounted: Yes
Wi-Fi:
      Software Versions:
          CoreWLAN: 3.3 (330.15)
          CoreWLANKit: 2.0.2 (202.10)
          Menu Extra: 8.1 (810.9)
          configd plug-in: 8.4 (840.22.1)
          System Information: 8.3 (830.5)
          IO80211 Family: 5.3 (530.4)
          Diagnostics: 2.0 (200.24)
          AirPort Utility: 6.3.1 (631.4)
      Interfaces:
        en1:
          Card Type: AirPort Extreme (0x14E4, 0x93)
          Firmware Version: Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.17)
          MAC Address: c8:bc:c8:f0:d8:32
          Locale: FCC
          Country Code: US
          Supported PHY Modes: 802.11 a/b/g/n
          Supported Channels: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 100, 104, 108, 112, 116, 120, 124, 128, 132, 136, 140, 149, 153, 157, 161, 165
          Wake On Wireless: Supported
          AirDrop: Supported
          Status: Connected
          Current Network Information:
            XZ2PB:
              PHY Mode: 802.11g
              BSSID: 00:26:b8:5d:6b:f2
              Channel: 6
              Country Code: US
              Network Type: Infrastructure
              Security: WEP
              Signal / Noise: -58 dBm / -91 dBm
              Transmit Rate: 54

The 300GB partition is the partition I am booting off of, and the one I was writing about. Disk0s1 is the EFI partition, 210MB. The other Internal hard drive is the core storage physical volume, already mounted, mounted in the image. Recovery HD is the 650MB system recovery partition.
I rebooted to the recovery partition and used Disk Utility to verify the volume, it said everything checked out alright.
In disk utility, the top entry has this data
     Name :     Internal Hard Drive     Capacity :     319.21 GB (319,213,174,784 Bytes)
     Type :     Logical Volume Group     Available :     16.8 MB (16,777,216 Bytes)
     Disk Status :     Online     Used :     319.2 GB (319,196,397,568 Bytes)
However the other entry, right below it has this
     Mount Point :     /     Capacity :     318.88 GB (318,877,626,368 Bytes)
     Format :     Encrypted Logical Partition     Available :     202.18 GB (202,175,160,320 Bytes)
     Owners Enabled :     Yes     Used :     116.7 GB (116,702,466,048 Bytes)
     Number of Folders :     241,519     Number of Files :     1,246,454
So I guess the reboot fixed my problem, df -h now shows 37% used, but the logical vomume group still shows only 16MB free. Anyways, things seem to be working now.

"Not enough disk space" when there seems to be (+ rapid memory consumption)

[Note: I originally posted this in the iDVD section, but due to an answer I got there to another question and further conversations with my daughter, figured out this is probably an iMovie question?]
I'm a newbie to iDVD and iMovie and Forums (my last Mac was a Performa 6360--still using it for the family budget). I got my daughter a MacBook as a graduation gift. She is using it to combine movie inputs from a wedding/reception that come from digital camreas and a couple of video cameras. We went to Flip4Mac to get the necessary software/features to import .wmv files (only way we could download one of the video cameras was by going from PC to Mac--can't remember if it was a Sony or Canon).
Issue: When she tries to import vidoes into iMovie HD 6.0.3 which have already been transferred to her computer, she gets: "The file could not be imported: There is not enough disk space to import Macintosh HD/Users/julie/pictures/iPhoto Library/Originals/2007/Roll8/CIMG1442.AVI" [She says this is about a 4 min. clip.]
Basically the question is how to get more room on her disk to import and to save? She seems to only be able to Save--she can't Save Project as an option because it says she doesn't have enough disk space (she's already deleted the Trash). Help says you need to have more than 400mb of free space or it gets difficult but the indicator shows 28.8GB free space left...so there seems to be some kind of disconnect?? (Or maybe we're talking apples and oranges?)
[Even more disturbing, just in the last couple of days with only a little time spent on the computer, the 28.8 GB has dropped to 2.3GB--obviously there is something she is doing that she is not aware of or shouldn't be doing that is consuming memory at a rapid pace.] On top of that, she also gets the same error message when she tries to burn the project onto a disk using iDVD???
I went through the first 5 pages of the forum and couldn't see a similar problem, but then I may have not known what to look for?
Any help would be greatly appreciated...she's trying to give the DVD as a Wedding gift--somewhat belated.

Hello Karstn Schluter,
This is fm's daughter who is havin ghte difficulites. at the end you tell me to try to answer 1-8 so i will try.
1- how can you tell if the avi is containing divx? or not?? do I need to just keep this in mind when importing these files
2- I have not brought in an external drive. I did try making my laptop computer a harddrive so I could import my imovie poject to my eMAC at one point, but it was not allowing me to do that either. Because I had to have it in DVD form or something
3- No I did not segment the internal drive....sorry How do you do that??? Right now I am trying to find out what is taking up all the memory and Hard Disk Drive space....i do not know how to do that either....Do you know how???
4-Yes I know flip4mac is for wmv....I guess what that question was emplying was that I also have wmv files that I am trying to import to imovieHD and that is not working either...I can get my avi to get into imovieHD, but not my wmv. files
5-THank you for the tip with the trash then another question to this one how do you delet projects that are taking up memory that are no longer in use?
6-Thank you for the tip...so then ignore the not enough disk space.....how can you alter the disk space so that you can save the project under save project as and not just save project?
7- Sorry my dad was miss informed I cannot import the wmv. files to imovie and I cannot import imovie to iDVD I only have transferred one and then all of the other files are not seen as movies so I can not import them?? Does that make since
8- When we were useing the Sony Camera originally we could not import the video to the MAC because it did not have the correct firewire cable and it would not been read onto the MAC computer. So, we have to buy the flip4mac equipment so that I would be able ot download the inoformation to the computer by a wmv.file dvd so we are having difficulites trying to import that file.
I hope these answers clear up the question a little bit more and sorry that your answers brought out more questions. Thank you very much for helping me. I was using a different program in my college class so changing to imovie and idvd has been a huge struggle for me. Thank you once again.

There is no more space for virtual disk ServerName_2.vmdk. You might be able to continue this session by freeing disk space on the relevant volume, and clicking Retry. Click Cancel to terminate this session.   Time: 30/05/2014 1:16:20 AM

Recently, our mail server crashed at about 7pm one night, with the error 'There is no more space for virtual disk ServerName_2.vmdk. You might be able to continue this session by freeing disk space on the relevant volume, and clicking Retry. Click Cancel to terminate this session.'
When we click Retry, the server starts up OK.
There are no snapshots listed in Snapshot manager for any of the virtual machines on the host.
There is also free disk space available on the host and for the VM with the disk errors.
This happened at least three more times, often at bad times. Each time, we were able to click 'Retry' and the disk/system would allow the VM to start-up successfully.
I checked the Forums, the VMware support articles and the internet as I had not seen this problem before. I have completed the VSphere 5.1 - Fast Track course and this issue was NOT covered in the training.
Most of the advice on-line and even that on the VMware web-site was pointing to snapshots being the cause of this issue. There are no snapshots enabled and I cannot see evidence of snapshots ever being used.
- We are running VMware vsphere (5.1.0) and there are (were) 4 virtual machines running on the ESX host. We are using the free version of VMware/ESXi.
- The Hard disk types we are using for this Virtual Machine are 'Thin Provisioned'.
- There are 4 [Thin Provisioned] Hard Disks for this virtual machine.
- There are 6 CPUs
- There is 20GB of RAM (memory)
- The VM is running Windows Server 2008 R2 as the guest/VM operating system. It is an Exchange 2010 SP1 mail server. There is plenty of available disk space on all the drives. The [Exchange] log files are cleaned out regularly (automated).
I decided to move one of our non-critical servers off this host and on to another host to see if this helped the problem. This took quite some time, as we are not using HA or vmotion, nor do we have VCenter Server...nonetheless, I finally managed to get the non-critical server on to another host (n.b. This was a much smaller machine with less virtual resources assigned to it).
After moving the non-critical server off this host, we decided to monitor the Host and see if the issue resolved itself.
I checked the host about 6-10 times a day, from first thing in the morning till last thing at night - monitoring the performance of not only the Virtual Machine, but the ESXi host also.
There were no adverse performance issues. The only thing I did note, was in the Summary page on the ESX Host, under Storage, was If I right-clicked on the datastore and clicked refresh, then the free disk space would drop (ie from 140GB to 125GB).
After monitoring the host and VM for about 2 weeks, we did NOT have another instance of the above error.
Sorry for the long winded post, but I wanted to give as much detail given this error has been raised before and snapshots are usually blamed as the cause.
My question is this:
If the ESX host had plenty of available disk capacity and there were no snapshots enabled on the VM (or any other VM's on the same host), then why did our Virtual machine crash with the error that 'there is not more space for virtual disk Servername_2.vmdk'?
How do we prevent this issue from happening if we don't know the underlying cause?
I would greatly appreciate any advice or suggestions.
If I have not provided enough info on the specs or environment, please let me know and I will provide more information.
Thanks all,
Kurt

The type of storage is really based on your requirements, and your ability to withstand downtime.
iSCSI as you are using with a NAS such as Synology or QNAP. NAS Selector - Support - Synology - Network Attached Storage (NAS)
I wouldn't use iSCSI for Exchange or any database. It's a bit slow.
Do you have a single physical host? Then I'd probably to an external direct attached storage. This would be a card inserted in your host server that gives you multilane SAS/SATA connectivity (www.techcable.com/SAS-SATA/SAS-SATA.pps) and an external disk enclosure/array.
For multiple hosts to a single array, I recommend a fibre channel connection to a FC capable switch, and on to a FC connected array.
We used to use a HP P2000 (on old G1), but it's since been retired. Worked pretty well once firmware was upgraded. http://www8.hp.com/us/en/products/disk-storage/product-detail.html?oid=4118559#!tab=features. They can be connected via iSCSI, Fibre Channel or 6GB SAS so they are flexible and reasonably priced.
Recommendations:
     Use RAID 6 with your large disk arrays. With large disks there is a measurable failure rate when rebuilding a failed RAID5 array based on MTBF.
     Use smaller 15K disks in RAID 0+1 for speed on databases/Exchange.
     Use slower 7.2K disks in RAID6 for file storage.
We are a small hospital and we have 3 VMware servers with dual CNA (FC and Ethernet in a single twinax cable) connections to 2 redundant Cisco Nexus 5K switches and then 4 Fibre Channel connections to an EMC VNX 5300. It's extremely fast with about 50 virtual servers, but was quite an investment. One thing we don't have to worry about is down time. If there ever is an equipment failure, we have redundant everything, including power split between two UPSs.
Our VNX has 3 tiers of performance. 3 100GB SSD "Fast Cache" in RAID 1 with hot spare, to keep the most used data ready, but it's not really a tier, however one could be built utilizing the same disks. A second tier is performance tier with a 8 600GB RAID 0+1 and hot spare. The third is a bunch of 7.2K 3TB disks in RAID6. The VNX autotiers, placing data on disks depending on where it's needed. The volumes are sliced and diced automatically in the background to make this happen and we never have to touch it. I used a demo of Solarwinds Storage Manager to monitor performance for a while and the utilization was always low, meaning all data access was fast, througout the day.
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HELPDeleted user account with file vault on to free disk space, to no avail

My saga is a long one. Quick telling: I am the administrator on my eMac, and was locked out of my desktop last spring when the disk became overly full. File vault was turned on, and I was told by my computer repair folks that since the desktop was encrypted, it could not be accessed. A sad situation, since I had not backed up the disk, and had years of family photos that were lost, not to mention iTunes, Quicken, and more.
Since then I bought a back-up disk, and saved a copy of that desktop, just in case.
My computer is overly full again, and today I decided to delete my old user account in order to free space. Of the 160G in this computer, 80% was associated with that user (that is, me). I deleted account via the System Preferences window and its Accounts window.
I emptied the trash, and 'got info' on my hard drive, only to see that nothing had disappeared, memory-wise! I am still nearly full--only having 2G available, rather than the 130 or more that I had hoped to free up.m I restarted too.
I went to Apple Support to find that one should turn off File Vault before deleting a user account. Unfortunately, this is impossible for me, since I can not/could not access the user account to turn it off.
SO here is my question: is there a way to delete the files of a user account that had file vault turned on, but that is inaccessible? There is no deleted user file in my User folder, by the way.
I am not suer what to do. Any help is appreciated.

Thanks for your insights.
The Tech Tool report happened after AppleJack, and never showed up before that. Restarting again just now, it showed up again.
I had not emptied the trash, but did now, and the 'get info' on my hard drive still shows that I have used nearly all of my 160 GB.
Re Disk Warrior: I do have it and just ran it. I emptied trash again and checked to see available disk space: I have 2.47 GB, so the problem still exists.
Here is the disk warrior report for the first part of its tests:
DiskWarrior has successfully built a new optimized directory for the disk named "Hildegarde." The new directory is
ready to replace the original directory.
There is not enough contiguous free space for a fail-safe replacement of the directory. It is highly recommended that
you create 204 MB of contiguous free space before replacing the original directory.
All file and folder data was easily located.
Comparison of the original and replacement directories indicates that there will be changes to the number, the
contents and/or the attributes of the files and folders. It is recommended that you preview the replacement
directory and examine the items listed below. All files and folders were compared and a total of 14,627,488
comparison tests were performed.
• Errors, if any, in the directory structure such as tree depth, header node, map nodes, node size, node counts, node
links, indexes and more have been repaired.
• 1 folder had a directory entry with an incorrect custom icon flag that was repaired.
Disk Information:
Files: 552,652
Folders: 131,014
Free Space: 2.47 GB
Format: Mac OS Extended
Block Size: 4 K
Disk Sectors: 321,410,736
Media: HDT722516DLAT80
Time: 11/28/08 6:54:19 PM
DiskWarrior Version: 4.1

I need to free up some disk space?

I'm still not used to these apples so I don't know what to do. I bought a mac computer game for my child and it says "Requires at least 1 MB of free disk space" Free up some space on your local disk and then relaunch. I don't know where to go to see how much free disk space I currently have. Also I don't know what things I can safely removing to free up that space. Can anyone help me with this?
I have itunes with several songs on it .. . .. I'm assuming thats taking up some of the space but I can't really take any songs off because then my IPOD is screwed. But what other things can you remove to free up space? Please help thanks!!
Jamie

Hi Jami320,
Welcome to Apple Discussions
As John said, you may want to move some of your files off your computer temporarily, until you can free up some space. You are in luck though, you already have one. You can use your iPod as a storage device, so you can put files on it as long as you have enabled disk use (Knowledge Base Document #61131 on Using your iPod as a Storage Drive).
After you have freed up enough space; before you install the game, you may want to free up more space for future use.
A great program to show you exactly what is on your computer is WhatSize.
If you are going to use WhatSize to delete any files/programs/applications, please be careful and make sure you know exactly what you are deleting and if there are any repercussions. WhatSize will show you files that you would not normally see; they are referred to as "invisible files". These invisible files are hidden from the users view because they would clutter the desktop and they hold vital information that if corrupted or deleted may cause problems. Please make sure you know what you are doing!
Have you deleted files that you don't use; like for my iBook, GarageBand. I use GarageBand on my iMac because it is much easier and faster, so I deleted it on my iBook. Have you tried the "erase install method"? The reason for doing this is because Mac OS X installs all the necessary fonts, languages, drivers, etc that people all over the world my need, by default. This tends to take up some room that you might want to get rid of (make sure first what you don't need and need). You erase and install your system software (Knowledge Base Document 301270 About Install Options w/ Mac OS X 10.4), and when installing, do a custom install. This way you can install the languages, drivers, and applications you want. The same technique can be done with iLife.
I hope that helps,
Jon
Mac Mini 1.42Ghz, iPod (All), Airport (Graphite & Express), G4 1.33Ghz iBook, G4 iMac 1Ghz, G3 500Mhz, iBook iMac 233Mhz, eMate, Power Mac 5400 LC, PowerBook 540c, Macintosh 128K, Apple //e, Apple //, and some more... Mac OS X (10.4.5) Moto Razr, iLife '06, SmartDisk 160Gb, Apple BT Mouse, Sight..

I keep getting a (false) notification from HP Support Assistant: low disk space on C drive?

Hi, this morning upon starting up my computer the magnifying glass was hovering over the HP Support Assistant icon and usually that means it is checking for updates etc... but I noticed it turned into a yellow exclamation mark so I clicked on it and opened up HP Support Assistant. The exclamation mark was now in the "updates and tune-ups" and said there were "recommended messages available." Upon clicking this the exclamation is now on the HP messages tab and upon clicking that I am taken to a notification that says: "Low Disk Space on Primary Drive C:" So I click on it to find out more information and it says that I am running out of free disk space on my C drive and that I need to perform a disk cleanup etc...
I went to My Computer to see just how in jeopardy I was in of running out of space on my C drive. To my amazement it stated that I still had 1.27 TB of 1.35 TB available and have only used 6% of my space...
I tried emptying my recycle bin, clearing my cache, doing an actual disk cleanup, and restarting to no avail, the magnifying glass comes back after restart and the notification returns telling me that I am low on disk space in the C drive...
I have come to the conclusion that this must be a false notification but I have no idea how to get rid of it...it isn't a huge issue as it doesn't impair my usage on the computer, however, it is kind of annoying to keep seeing this notification...
Is there any way to get rid of this notification?

Hello @blackrosevain,
I understand that you are getting the 'Low Disc Space' error message on your HP Pavilion Elite h8-1010t Desktop PC running Windows 7. I am providing you with an HP Support document: Error: Low Disk Space. You are running out of disk space on Recovery (Windows 7), which addresses the error you are getting and has the steps needed to fix it.
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