{"id":3848,"date":"2016-04-29T15:24:58","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T15:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2016\/04\/29\/using-whm-to-see-disk-usage\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T10:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T15:12:11","slug":"using-whm-to-see-disk-usage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/whm\/using-whm-to-see-disk-usage\/","title":{"rendered":"Using WHM to See Disk Usage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One important statistic that you need to be aware of when managing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/dedicated-servers\">dedicated hosted server<\/a> is your disk usage. Servers do not come with unlimited disk space, so you should always be aware of how much space is being used on your dedicated hosting server. 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