[Koha] Koha Out of Memory

[Coehoorn, Joel]

Memory and storage are not the same thing. The error sounds like a memory
issue, but deleting the files would only help for storage.

Where I am, the Koha server runs as a VM, and we backup the entire VM
nightly, so we are in a similar place regarding separate backups. However,
these files can sometimes still be useful as a way to speed up recovery
times. IIRC, there is a parameter somewhere, perhaps as an argument to the
cron script, that tells it how many of these history files to keep. You
might try reducing the number down to just 1 or 2, which is what we did.

*Joel Coehoorn*
Director of Information Technology
*York University*
Office: 402-363-5603 | jcoehoorn at york.edu | york.edu



On Wed, Mar 22, 2023 at 8:39 AM Russel G. P. Shihepo <russellgeeps at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I have an issue with the db-dumps created by Koha into the  /var/spool/koha
> {instance name} . It finishes my memory. I was wondering whether running a
> CRON tab to auto delete these files will cause any harm. We run our own
> backups every 24 hours, thus we do not need these files. And does the
> database depend on these caches and dumps?
>
> Our koha is used to preserve African indigenous literature, and
> pre-colonial publications from the museum.
>
> Thank you so much in advance.
>
> Sincerely,
> Russel Shihepo
> Notitia Systems cc
> Namibia - Africa
> +264813223143
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