Check Asset Usage

On the assets1.specifycloud.org instance, we host and manage most[1] assets for hosted Specify Cloud users.

To see the space used by all current asset directories, you can log into the VPS as root and run the following alias:

usage

This is defined in the ~/.bash_aliases file, but it essentially runs this command:

du -sh * /home/specify/attachments

This can be adjusted and used elsewhere when needed. You can use du -sh * to effectively summarize the space used by a set of directories.

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Some regions (including Swiss instances via Exoscale, KU collections on KUBI managed VMs) manage assets independently.