resource disk is 90% used

[peep]

Can we write a script to send an email when resource disk reaches 90% of usage ?
If so Wat is the logic?
can any one share your ideas?

[chulett]

One could write a script to do pretty darn much anything. Space utilization monitoring is typically the domain of the SysAdmins, why not ask them to monitor that for you?

[ray.wurlod]

Most operating systems allow you to set an alarm to do this.

The real question is what are you planning to do should this situation arise?

[chulett]

If so Wat is the logic?

Nope, Wat is a temple.

[peep]

I want to write a script to send a alarm email to admin ..when disk space reaches 90% used or when the disk space has 10% free.


so what is the logic?
do I need to change any settings at operating system level ?

[ArndW]

Which UNIX variant are you using?

See http://www.unix.com/shell-programming-s ... cript.html

[chulett]

Maybe this is just me, but to me that is... backwards. My admins are not gonna want some ETL knucklehead like me sending them email alerts about diskspace that we control the usage of. Right now, they come the other way - they monitor the usage and notify the 'owners' when thresholds are hit.

I'm curious, what is the goal here? They rush in and nuke files from your resource disks while jobs are running? Better in my opinion to send emails to yourself if you need to start making a case for needing more diskspace. Perhaps not even worry about thresholds but instead just cron something to report or accumulate (write to a file) usage statistics every x minutes over time so you can start trending it.

Anywho, as Arnd notes, the details of what you'll need to do will vary based on your UNIX variant.