US 11,714,740 B2
Storage-based log file management
Michael Kolesnik, Netanya (IL); and Mordechay Asayag, Netanya (IL)
Assigned to RED HAT, INC., Raleigh, NC (US)
Filed by Red Hat, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US)
Filed on Oct. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/492,785.
Application 17/492,785 is a continuation of application No. 16/404,120, filed on May 6, 2019, granted, now 11,169,901.
Prior Publication US 2022/0027254 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/34 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G06F 11/07 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 11/3476 (2013.01) [G06F 11/0766 (2013.01); G06F 11/3034 (2013.01); G06F 12/023 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a processing device; and
at least one storage device including instructions for an application or service that are executable by the processing device for causing the processing device to perform operations comprising:
receiving, from an operating system, a value representing remaining free space on the at least one storage device while at least one log file is being written to the at least one storage device by the application or service, the free space configured for use by multiple applications or services;
comparing the value representing the remaining free space on the at least one storage device to a predetermined threshold indicative of storage space to be maintained as free space on the at least one storage device; and
executing at least one log file action in response to the value as reported by the operating system for the at least one storage device falling below the predetermined threshold.