{"id":1757,"date":"2011-05-12T19:26:27","date_gmt":"2011-05-12T19:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmman.itgroove.net\/?p=17"},"modified":"2023-02-24T21:47:09","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T21:47:09","slug":"drives-are-running-out-of-free-space-sharepoint-rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/archive\/2011\/05\/12\/drives-are-running-out-of-free-space-sharepoint-rule\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cDrives are running out of free space\u201d \u2013 SharePoint Rule"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>What the issue is<\/h3>\n<p>In Central Administration, there are two rules that appear to cause a lot of headaches for SharePoint admin&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mmman.itgroove.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/mmman\/2011\/05\/051211_1926_Drivesareru1.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>These include the following two rules.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Drives are running out of free space.<\/li>\n<li>Drives are at risk of running out of free space.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>What&#8217;s the (conservative) suggestion<\/h3>\n<p>These will be set off and will display the following warning:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt\">Available drive space is less than twice the value of physical memory. This is dangerous because it does not provide enough room for a full memory dump with continued operation. It also could cause problems with the Virtual Memory swap file: SYSTEM ([SERVER_NAME] \u2013 [DRIVE_NAME]).<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mmman.itgroove.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/mmman\/2011\/05\/051211_1926_Drivesareru2.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The (out of the box) suggested recommendation is as follows:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt\">Examine the failing servers and delete old logs or free space on the drives. For more information about this rule, see &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/fwlink\/?LinkID=142688\">http:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/fwlink\/?LinkID=142688<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<h3>What we should actually do in this scenario<\/h3>\n<p>In reality, this suggestion (lots of free space on the drive) is not always feasible to achieve, especially when using a virtual server for SharePoint.  As such, the simplest way to deal with this situation is to turn off these warnings.<\/p>\n<p>To do this, go into<\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\nCentral Administration -&gt; Monitoring -&gt; Review rule definitions\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mmman.itgroove.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/mmman\/2011\/05\/051211_1926_Drivesareru3.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\nThen find the category Availability, and you will find the two rules in question.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mmman.itgroove.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/mmman\/2011\/05\/051211_1926_Drivesareru4.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\nEdit the items and change their schedule to &#8220;OnDemandOnly&#8221;.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mmman.itgroove.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/mmman\/2011\/05\/051211_1926_Drivesareru5.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mmman.itgroove.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/mmman\/2011\/05\/051211_1926_Drivesareru6.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\nThat&#8217;s all!  You should no longer see these issues appear on the Central Administration page.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Note that another option if you&#8217;re using virtualization could be to cheat, and increase the size of the disks you&#8217;re running on (especially if they&#8217;re thin provisioned), but you&#8217;re only asking for trouble in this case as you may actually over-allocate your physical disk storage space, and then your virtualization environment is going to be unhappy.  Take this approach only if you know a lot about virtualization and understand the risks associated with this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What the issue is In Central Administration, there are two rules that appear to cause a lot of headaches for SharePoint admin&#8217;s. These include the following two rules. Drives are running out of free space. Drives are at risk of running out of free space. 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