Filecache conversion using too much space

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The issue you are facing:

Is this the first time you’ve seen this error? (Y/N): Y

Steps to replicate it:

  1. logg into nextcloud server
  2. sudo -u www-data php /var/www/nextcloud/occ maintenance:mode --on
  3. sudo -u www-data php /var/www/nextcloud/occ db:convert-filecache-bigint

The only problem i have is that it is using way too much space and it cannot convert, i resized the nc database server by adding more space it has 25G free space atm, when the conversion occurs it fails due to insufficient space. Any idea how i can solve this ? Thanks.

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Are yoz sure that this is related to the database size and not the size of the previews which have
been created for your images? You should double-check how much space is being used for it.
You will find the directory here: nextcloud/data/appdata_xxxxxx/preview

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As stated above, the NC database is on a different server and the NC server is on other server, one for the app and one for the db. So 2 servers i’m using, the DB server is the one that grows in size till it fails due to insufficient space. @j-ed

Edit: On other servers when the conversion is finished it free’s up some space and it doesn’t require that much space either. So it is a problem, because if on the other servers work, why wont on this one…?