# Disk usage discrepancy?

**URL:** <https://forum.storj.io/t/disk-usage-discrepancy/24715>\
**Category:** troubleshooting\
**Tags:** storage, xfs, btrfs, ntfs, zfs\
**Created:** [December 19, 2023, 6:18pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/disk-usage-discrepancy/24715 "2023-12-19T18:18:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 29, 2023, 5:18am UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/disk-usage-discrepancy/24715/119 "2023-12-29T05:18:16Z")

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> [@thepaul](#):
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> I was wrong, as some people pointed out. There isn’t such a thing.

I see. I thought I might have missed some new feature setting.  
There were ideas for such a process during startup: [Large temporary folder - #7 by nerdatwork](https://forum.storj.io/t/large-temporary-folder/8687/7)  
It should not be too hard to implement.

> [@thepaul](#):
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> but I’ve heard we have people who end up with massive `temp` directories containing gigabytes of detritus.

If you search the forum for temp folder, there are quite a few including myself who have experienced or are still experiencing this issue.

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