NC prevents file sync with an "insufficient space" on external HDD with tons of space

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The issue you are facing:

I recently updated my Ubuntu instance from 20.04 to 22.04 and then had to reinstall Nextcloud again because it just wouldn’t work. While setting up the new Nextcloud installation, I chose my data and storage directory as an external HDD connected to the server (PC Engines APU2).

However, Nextcloud keeps giving me an “Insufficient storage space” error when I’m trying to upload large files through the web interface even when there is enough and more space available on the external HDD.

How do I resolve this?

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

EDIT: I’ve set the 'tempdirectory' parameter in the config file to point to a location on the external HDD but that does not seem to work either.

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I’ve solved this hence. I mistakenly added the wrong path for the data directory which the nextcloud instance did not find and hence wrote to the disk where it was installed.

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