Disk Space

[Lombardo]

Ok my forum is only a few weeks old,and i'm worried about my disk space i'm thinking about upgrading because i'm just on a basic package but already i've used 142mb out of my 300mb
is this normal? its going up by like 5 or 10 mb everyday..i don't understand that.

[snakes1100]

There are many reasons you could be using more disk space daily, if you allow images in posts as attachments that can cause it, if you have users storing a lot old PM's that could also cause it, if your using post cache, that will also cause it.

300mb isnt a whole lot of space anyways.

[Lombardo]

Yeah i'm going to upgrade anyway.Just a bit worried and want to find out whats making it go up so fast.

How do i find out if im using post chache?

post cache is not a reason why it would grow so high...

are you permitting attachments on your site?!.. if so, you can limit the size of files, or the number of them, etc..

[Lombardo]

No ones posted any attachments.

I had passivevid installed there was a few videos installed,ive removed that but its not made much any difference.

[snakes1100]

Yes post cache, if your host counts your db size as part of your disk space, post cache will also be accountable for your db growing larger daily.

I never stated it accounts for all of your growth of disk space, but post cache does count regardless of what was said by the other poster.

[Lombardo]

so how do i find out if im using post cache?

[snakes1100]

You first need to find out what is using up all your disk space before doing anything else.