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diff --git a/plugin/disks/README.txt b/plugin/disks/README.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b49db3c0 --- /dev/null +++ b/plugin/disks/README.txt @@ -0,0 +1,86 @@ +Information Schema Disks +------------------------ +This is a proof-of-concept information schema plugin that allows the +disk space situation to be monitored. When installed, it can be used +as follows: + + > select * from information_schema.disks; + +-----------+-----------------------+-----------+----------+-----------+ + | Disk | Path | Total | Used | Available | + +-----------+-----------------------+-----------+----------+-----------+ + | /dev/sda3 | / | 47929956 | 30666304 | 14805864 | + | /dev/sda1 | /boot/efi | 191551 | 3461 | 188090 | + | /dev/sda4 | /home | 174679768 | 80335392 | 85448120 | + | /dev/sdb1 | /mnt/hdd | 961301832 | 83764 | 912363644 | + | /dev/sdb1 | /home/wikman/Music | 961301832 | 83764 | 912363644 | + | /dev/sdb1 | /home/wikman/Videos | 961301832 | 83764 | 912363644 | + | /dev/sdb1 | /home/wikman/hdd | 961301832 | 83764 | 912363644 | + | /dev/sdb1 | /home/wikman/Pictures | 961301832 | 83764 | 912363644 | + | /dev/sda3 | /var/lib/docker/aufs | 47929956 | 30666304 | 14805864 | + +-----------+-----------------------+-----------+----------+-----------+ + 9 rows in set (0.00 sec) + +- 'Disk' is the name of the disk itself. +- 'Path' is the mount point of the disk. +- 'Total' is the total space in KiB. +- 'Used' is the used amount of space in KiB, and +- 'Available' is the amount of space in KiB available to non-root users. + +Note that as the amount of space available to root may be more that what +is available to non-root users, 'available' + 'used' may be less than 'total'. + +All paths to which a particular disk has been mounted are reported. The +rationale is that someone might want to take different action e.g. depending +on which disk is relevant for a particular path. This leads to the same disk +being reported multiple times. An alternative to this would be to have two +tables; disks and mounts. + + > select * from information_schema.disks; + +-----------+-----------+----------+-----------+ + | Disk | Total | Used | Available | + +-----------+-----------+----------+-----------+ + | /dev/sda3 | 47929956 | 30666304 | 14805864 | + | /dev/sda1 | 191551 | 3461 | 188090 | + | /dev/sda4 | 174679768 | 80335392 | 85448120 | + | /dev/sdb1 | 961301832 | 83764 | 912363644 | + +-----------+-----------+----------+-----------+ + + > select * from information_schema.mounts; + +-----------------------+-----------+ + | Path | Disk | + +-----------------------+-----------+ + | / | /dev/sda3 | + | /boot/efi | /dev/sda1 | + | /home | /dev/sda4 | + | /mnt/hdd | /dev/sdb1 | + | /home/wikman/Music | /dev/sdb1 | + ... + + +Installation +------------ + +- Use "install plugin" or "install soname" command: + + MariaDB [(none)]> install plugin disks soname 'disks.so'; + + or + + MariaDB [(none)]> install soname 'disks.so'; + +Usage +----- +The plugin appears as the table 'disks' in 'information_schema'. + + MariaDB [(none)]> select * from information_schema.disks; + +-----------+-----------------------+-----------+----------+-----------+ + | Disk | Path | Total | Used | Available | + +-----------+-----------------------+-----------+----------+-----------+ + | /dev/sda3 | / | 47929956 | 30666308 | 14805860 | + | /dev/sda1 | /boot/efi | 191551 | 3461 | 188090 | + | /dev/sda4 | /home | 174679768 | 80348148 | 85435364 | + | /dev/sdb1 | /mnt/hdd | 961301832 | 83764 | 912363644 | + | /dev/sdb1 | /home/wikman/Music | 961301832 | 83764 | 912363644 | + | /dev/sdb1 | /home/wikman/Videos | 961301832 | 83764 | 912363644 | + ... + |