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enter image description hereI am using AWS EC2 intance service and ubuntu. I am using t2.micro EC2 instance. The EBS volume size is 8Gb. I came accross following problems:

1- I openned my ubuntu console and it showed that the usage memory got 99.8% filled for aws server. I haven't even uploaded anything to the server and the usage memory got to 99.8% of 7.69 GB. I am using 8 GB memory service.

2- There is one folder "/dev" which is 133 GBs. I checked its size in properties it showed that it is 133 GBs. If it is possible can someone explain that how it is taking 133GB in memory but I am using 8 GB service.

Thanks in advance.

Hamza Yousaf
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  • sounds like you are confusing storage and memory. the 133 GB is storage space, aka space on a hard drive. the 8 GB is memory, aka space on RAM. – Esther Aug 31 '22 at 16:04
  • Please be more specific: What is the AWS EC2 instance type you are using? What is / are the size of the EBS volumes (=disks) you are using? Please log in to your Ubuntu server and run free and lsblk commands. Please, [edit] your original question to add this info properly formatted. – FedKad Aug 31 '22 at 16:08
  • @FedKad I am using t2.micro EC2 instance. The EBS volume size is 8Gb. – Hamza Yousaf Sep 02 '22 at 14:39
  • Memory consumption seems quite normal: less than 50% of memory is used. However, your disk (8GB) is almost full. You should narrow down the directory which is consuming the most disk storage by using the du command. Some info that may help you: https://askubuntu.com/questions/911865/no-more-disk-space-how-can-i-find-what-is-taking-up-the-space – FedKad Sep 02 '22 at 18:40

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