incorrect space reported for sys volume in netware 5

[Chad]

I have a netware 5 server, service pack 4, I think. We recently
started experiencing weird problems where disk space on the sys volume
is consumed rapidly throughout that day. I cannot account for this
disk space anywhere. I checked the properties on each directory,
added it up, and it doesn't check out. Here's the way the day goes:

1. Reboot Server, Free Disk Space Shows as 1.5GB out of 2GB Total
- This is actually more free space then I should have!
- The space is conistently reported from the volume statistics tab on
Windows clients and in the system monitor directly on the server.
- no other volumes are experiencing this problem

2. It seems that after each significant btrieve operation on our
pervasive 2000i server, free disk space goes down significantly, maybe
by 300MB.
- We load and clear out a 50MB pervasive database about 5 times a day
- The database files do *not* reside on the sys volume

3. By the end of the day, we are down to no free space (480Kb for
example).
- Checking directory properties, I can't account for this loss of
space.

4. Reboot the Server, and we are back to 1.5GB free.
- I have purged all purgable files on the sys volume
- I should have about 800Mb free at all times

Any advice would really be appreciated as I am at a complete loss. I
should also point out that I upgraded the system memory from 512Mb to
1.5Gb at approximately the same time this happened. I checked and
made sure the page file is on Vol2, not sys. We are running a Dell
PowerEdge 2500 w/ Raid Mirroring.

[Dave Lunn]

Chad,

DB work can be very consumptive of disk space depending on what you are
doing.

I would start by doing a purge /all from the root of the volume in question
when the space is definitely gone. If this recovers space, then I would go
to http://www.caledonia.net and get a copy of Autopurge.

If purging isn't the answer, the I would take the volume down and run a
VRepair with write all directory and cache entries out to disk = on until
you get no more errors.
--
Dave Lunn
NSC SysOp
http://support-forums.novell.com

[Chad]

Thanks for the response. I have already purged all available files.
When I run a purge, it doesn't release any disk space to speak of.
Only rebooting releases all the disk space.

I have already run a vrepair on the sys volume and it turned up no
errors. I have also done a dsrepair.

Thanks in advance....

"Dave Lunn" <dlu...@SPAMmyrealbox.com> wrote in message news:<akXDb.6095$Rl1....@prv-forum2.provo.novell.com>...

[Dave Lunn]

At this point, the best advice I can offer is that you go to pervasive and
ask if there's some sort of temp file being created and held until the
reboot cycle reinitializes btrieve. You may have to ask the app vendor,
since this could be an intentionally created temp file(s) that exists only
for the session, something not uncommon with db apps.