# Total disk space is less than required minimum

**URL:** <https://forum.storj.io/t/total-disk-space-is-less-than-required-minimum/26997>\
**Category:** troubleshooting\
**Tags:** database\
**Created:** [July 8, 2024, 6:58am UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/total-disk-space-is-less-than-required-minimum/26997 "2024-07-08T06:58:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 8, 2024, 7:25am UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/total-disk-space-is-less-than-required-minimum/26997/2 "2024-07-08T07:25:44Z")

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Since you deleted a database, the node now doesn’t know is it its data or just you are trying to run it on a small disk?  
The current safe minimum is 500GB (and of course 261GiB (Windows uses a wrong measure units) is less than 500GB).

If you are sure, that the path is correct, you may enable a scan on startup if you disabled it (it’s enabled by default), uncomment and reduce a monitoring threshold to less than you currently see as a free space (in SI units 261GiB would be 280.24GB, but it’s better to specify just `200GB`):

> [@Node with less than 500gb](https://forum.storj.io/t/node-with-less-than-500gb/26317/5):
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> storage2.monitor.minimum-disk-space option in the config.yaml

Save the config and restart the node either from the Services applet or from the elevated PowerShell:

```auto
Restart-Service storagenode

```

Then wait until all filewalkers will be successfully finished:

> [@Storagenode.exe stopping for too long, for 10h+](https://forum.storj.io/t/topic/25316/12):
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> Windows/PowerShell Logs should be at least info level Used space filewalker Regulated by the parameter in the config.yaml file or as a command line argument (add -- before the parameter, remove :, place it after the image name in your docker run command): # if set to true, all pieces disk usage is recalculated on startup (default true) storage2.piece-scan-on-startup: true to watch for a progress: cat "C:\Program Files\Storj\Storage Node\*.log" -Wait | sls "used-space-filewalker" | sls "sta…

After that it’s advisable to comment out the reduced monitoring. It may help to do not destroy your node if the path is wrong.

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