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Website seems to be hugged to death, here's an archived copy: https://web.archive.org/web/20190429214402/https://ownyourbits.com/2018/05/02/understanding-disk-u

by dexen 7y ago

Website seems to be hugged to death, here's an archived copy: https://web.archive.org/web/20190429214402/https://ownyourbits.com/2018/05/02/understanding-disk-usage-in-linux/ https://web.archive.org/web/20190429214402/https://ownyourbi... The article is well worth reading as it's reasonably comprehensive, including a small foray into COW filesystem.

minitoar 7y ago
Is that a reference to Hug Bot? https://pbfcomics.com/comics/hug-bot/ https://pbfcomics.com/comics/hug-bot/
- lbotos 7y ago
  Not sure, but I always thought "hug of death" came from reddit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashdot_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashdot_effect
  - minitoar 7y ago
    Ah yes that is surely it.
  - hwj 7y ago
    Previously, that was called "slashdotting". (Knowing such things makes me feel kind of old).
l1n 7y ago
Reminder that all HN submissions are archived at archive.is, just prepend archive.is/ to the url