{"id":1426,"date":"2019-04-15T16:54:55","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T16:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/?p=1426"},"modified":"2019-04-15T16:54:59","modified_gmt":"2019-04-15T16:54:59","slug":"how-to-use-the-disk-usage-interface-in-cpanel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/how-to-use-the-disk-usage-interface-in-cpanel\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use the Disk Usage Interface in cPanel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After you get a webhosting account, you would like to view information about your files, your directories, and how you use your account&#8217;s disk space. This process is very easy to all CloudHost Web Hosting customers when they buy any <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.cloudhost.com.ng\/cart.php\">web hosting plan<\/a>. The disk usage interface helps you to manage your disk space quota use, because it displays files and directories that use large amounts of hard disk space. After you <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.cloudhost.com.ng\/register.php\">register on CloudHost<\/a>, get information about your files and disk space, perform the following steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Below are the simple steps <\/strong><strong>to view information about your files and disk space<\/strong>:<strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Login to your cPanel account      through CloudHost. Click here to view\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/how-to-access-cpanel-through-cloudhost-client-area\/\">how to access cPanel through CloudHost clientarea<\/a>.<\/li><li>In your cPanel account, click on Disk Usage.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"779\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/diskusage1.png\" alt=\"click on disk usage\" class=\"wp-image-1427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/diskusage1.png 779w, https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/diskusage1-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/diskusage1-768x426.png 768w, https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/diskusage1-640x355.png 640w, https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/diskusage1-624x346.png 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 779px) 100vw, 779px\" \/><figcaption>Click on Disk Usage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This interface displays the following disk\nspace usage summaries:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Files that your home directory contains.<\/li><li>Files that exist in hidden sub-directories.<\/li><li>Mailing lists that\u00a0Mailman\u00a0manages.<\/li><li>Files that your home directory does\u00a0not\u00a0contain.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Access File Manager:<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"984\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/diskusage2.png\" alt=\"select a directory\" class=\"wp-image-1428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/diskusage2.png 984w, https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/diskusage2-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/diskusage2-768x418.png 768w, https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/diskusage2-640x349.png 640w, https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/diskusage2-624x340.png 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 984px) 100vw, 984px\" \/><figcaption>Select a  directory<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Click any of the listed directories to open the appropriate sub-directory in the File Manager interface (cPanel >> Home >> Files >> File Manager). (NOTE: The File Manager interface does not\u00a0display disk usage information for\u00a0individual\u00a0files that your home directory contains).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Some discrepancies may exist between data that the\u00a0File Manager interface (cPanel >> Home\u00a0>> Files >> File Manager)\u00a0and this interface display:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>New accounts may use the same UID as previously terminated or deleted accounts. In this case, the new account assumes ownership of the previous account&#8217;s files, which may cause the account to appear as though it were over quota.<\/li><li>Most files occupy slightly more disk space than their actual size. For example, a 300-byte file may occupy 4 KB of actual disk space.\u00a0<\/li><li>The disk space usage information does\u00a0not\u00a0indicate how much space the directory itself uses. Typically, directories themselves occupy a negligible amount of disk space.<\/li><li>The system includes MySQL database size and PostgreSQL database size in an account\u2019s disk usage calculation. However, the system does\u00a0<strong>not<\/strong>\u00a0enforce the account\u2019s disk space quota limit if a database\u2019s size causes the account to exceed\u00a0its limit.<\/li><li>The figures that this interface displays may not reflect recent changes in your account&#8217;s disk space.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>With the above easy steps, you can now view information about your files, directories, and how you use your account&#8217;s disk space. 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