Nextcloud on Docker report wrong avalaible space, while "data" folder is mounted on a different HDD

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Hi! I have a Nextcloud instalation that is reporting wrong avalaible space on disc. It’s reportinig the main 120gb SSD space, but I have de data folder mounted on a external mount (a raid1 of 2tb HHD)

The system is x86, ubuntu server

My nextcloud service on docker-compose:

  nextcloud-app:
    container_name: nextcloud-app
    image: nextcloud
    restart: always
    links:
      - db
    volumes:
      - nextcloud:/var/www/html
      - /mnt/raid1/nextcloudData:/var/www/html/data
    environment:
      - etcetcet.......

How can I tell Nextcloud where to “see” the real avalaible space? Thanks!!

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It’s reporting correct info, just not for the disk you want. A second graph when the data folder is on a different disk is probably something that should be added given how many people do that, but I don’t know if this can be configured currently.

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Yeah, that’s true. My main concern is that maybe nextcloud at some point would “think” that there is no space and I could have problems uploading new files. If it report wrong space but works, I really don’t care.

I tried with “external storage” but I couldn’t make it the default storage. Maybe that’s the way? but I didn’t find how

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External storage is for accessing storage that’s outside the Nextcloud system.

Put simply, the way you change the primary storage is by putting Nextcloud’s installation there.

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But I don’t want to have the app on those slow HDD. Do you know if the system would still work when it hit the teorically “no space” limit?

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Running out of space on your root filesystem will cause you a lot of problems, not just with Nextcloud. You should never let the root partition fill up.

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I will not run out of space, nextcloud is reporting the HDD used spaces as the main SSD used space…

on my 128gb SSD I have 80gb free
on my 2tb I have 1.6tb free and 60gb used with media
nextcloud reports that I have 20gb left

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I don’t think I follow your question. If your root volume never fills up, then Nextcloud would never report it as being full.

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MY BAD! I was filling the /mnt/raid1 folder on the SSD because I never put the mount on startup

Still bad reports of free space tho. If I find a solution, will post it