IPS 4.1.9 disk space usage going up MySQL

[liviu2004]

Hi, I have a small forum running on IPS 4.1.9 and for the last two weeks I am struggling with the disk space usage. There seems to be an issue with the MySQL size, slowly and constantly growing with about 100-120 mb per day. With apparent no reason, since there is no activity on the forum nor new users registered. How can this happen? And what can I do about it? I am not so much in IT and this seems to be over my head.

Is it happening only to me, or others as well?

 

LE: browsing through the forum settings, found that Data Storage Method was set to File System and not MySQL and this does not make any more sense to me why mysql goes up in size.

[liviu2004]

In the meantime I've contacted my host and they seem to have reported much much lower values, 172 MB, and with the assumption that software logs are kept in the database. Is that correct?

[liviu2004]

I've been told by my host that core cache in mysql went up from ~120MB to over 880MB in just less than 24h. Is there any help?

[Kjell Iver Johansen]

1 hour ago, liviu2004 said:

I've been told by my host that core cache in mysql went up from ~120MB to over 880MB in just less than 24h. Is there any help?

I've had that issue myselve. Write a ticket. You could also check the tasks in ACP - clearcache - see if it is locked

[liviu2004]

I went to the server phpadmin, cleared core cache, had some errors with translation tools, deleted local language from the forum and it seems to have stopped.