EDIT: seems like 17GB come from a backup of mine, so it's "only" 17GB, but that is still quite a lot, no?
Originally created by @CrazyWolf13 on GitHub (Mar 18, 2026).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/RayLabsHQ/gitea-mirror/issues/234
Originally assigned to: @arunavo4 on GitHub.
Hi,
Since a recent update disk size has been increasing drastically, talking about 32GB in a very short time.
I have automatic cleanup set to 2 Months and mirror to daily, though not really changed them recently.
I mirror the proxmox org, a couple of my repos and community-scripts.
Is it really expected to use so much disk space?
```bash
root@gitea-mirror:~# du -h --max-depth=1 /opt/gitea-mirror/data | sort -hr
17G /opt/gitea-mirror/data/repo-backups
17G /opt/gitea-mirror/data
root@gitea-mirror:~# du -h --max-depth=1 /opt/gitea-mirror/data/repo-backups/ | sort -hr
17G /opt/gitea-mirror/data/repo-backups/cgINKObx5R3XUQpzDS7JpVIZvnnGPvKy
17G /opt/gitea-mirror/data/repo-backups/
root@gitea-mirror:~# du -h --max-depth=1 /opt/gitea-mirror/data/repo-backups/
cgINKObx5R3XUQpzDS7JpVIZvnnGPvKy/ | sort -hr
17G /opt/gitea-mirror/data/repo-backups/cgINKObx5R3XUQpzDS7JpVIZvnnGPvKy/
11G /opt/gitea-mirror/data/repo-backups/cgINKObx5R3XUQpzDS7JpVIZvnnGPvKy/proxmox
5.6G /opt/gitea-mirror/data/repo-backups/cgINKObx5R3XUQpzDS7JpVIZvnnGPvKy/crazywolf13-mirror
759M /opt/gitea-mirror/data/repo-backups/cgINKObx5R3XUQpzDS7JpVIZvnnGPvKy/community-scripts
root@gitea-mirror:~# du -h --max-depth=1 /opt/ | sort -hr
36G /opt/
17G /opt/gitea-mirror-backup
17G /opt/gitea-mirror
2.2G /opt/bun
4.0K /opt/gitea-mirror-data
```
EDIT: seems like 17GB come from a backup of mine, so it's "only" 17GB, but that is still quite a lot, no?
there is a feature to backup before sync. is possible to share some of your config ? from the UI? @CrazyWolf13
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@arunavo4 commented on GitHub (Mar 18, 2026):
there is a feature to backup before sync. is possible to share some of your config ? from the UI? @CrazyWolf13
@CrazyWolf13 let me know if the latest release with the fixes help. after a month or so.
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@arunavo4 commented on GitHub (Mar 18, 2026):
@CrazyWolf13 let me know if the latest release with the fixes help. after a month or so.
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Originally created by @CrazyWolf13 on GitHub (Mar 18, 2026).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/RayLabsHQ/gitea-mirror/issues/234
Originally assigned to: @arunavo4 on GitHub.
Hi,
Since a recent update disk size has been increasing drastically, talking about 32GB in a very short time.
I have automatic cleanup set to 2 Months and mirror to daily, though not really changed them recently.
I mirror the proxmox org, a couple of my repos and community-scripts.
Is it really expected to use so much disk space?
EDIT: seems like 17GB come from a backup of mine, so it's "only" 17GB, but that is still quite a lot, no?
@arunavo4 commented on GitHub (Mar 18, 2026):
there is a feature to backup before sync. is possible to share some of your config ? from the UI? @CrazyWolf13
@CrazyWolf13 commented on GitHub (Mar 18, 2026):
Hi, appreciate the quick fix!
I think this may be relevant:
Thanks!
@arunavo4 commented on GitHub (Mar 18, 2026):
@CrazyWolf13 let me know if the latest release with the fixes help. after a month or so.
@CrazyWolf13 commented on GitHub (Mar 18, 2026):
Thanks, will check!