# What Exactly Happened to the Server!

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-exactly-happened-to-the-server/132334
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**Created:** [December 27, 2004, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-exactly-happened-to-the-server/132334 "2004-12-27T15:41:43Z")
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### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2004, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-exactly-happened-to-the-server/132334/1 "2004-12-27T15:41:43Z")

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The gerbils unionized and refused to work on the week during Christmas for below minimum rodent wage.

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There was a slight glitch in the [Plesk](http://www.sw-soft.com/en/products/plesk75reloaded/)server adminstration software. Basically, it didn’t rotate log files properly. The site and forums produce about 1-2 GB of log files a day, so unless they are compressed, processed, and deleted, they clog up the server’s total hard drive space.

I noticed a few days ago that the log files were not being rotated properly, but I let it go as a temporary glitch and sent (mt) a low-priority note stating that. In the end…yesterday to be precise, 100% of all hard drive space on the server was taken up by the log files. Since most admin features require writing to the server, I couldn’t do anything. I was a server-admin without access to any server admin tools - already half a man missing his better half.

Last night mediatemple flushed out the log files and turned apache off. SSH’ing and turning on apache seems to have worked. I have also updated plesk to the latest version, so this glitch shouldn’t occur again…I hope :beam:

So, until next time (and there will be a next time)…:ro: