Since a couple of weeks I am getting warnings on my HA that the space is “less than 2GB”
I was expecting it to grow a little bit since the (last?) update where it explicitedly declared that this was expected.
But I have already added a couple of GB more to my VM a couple of times and it keeps asking for more. The system sits at around 30.6GB at the time. I keep my backups on a Mounted NAS and one in the same system.
I Will give more megas to my VM but I have the feeling something is dangling there.
I have not found any tmp folders that could be problematic. Does someone has some tips what can I do to check if something is unhealthy with my install?
My system looks like this:
System information
Version
core-2026.2.3
Installation type
Home Assistant OS
Development
false
Supervisor
true
Docker
true
Container architecture
amd64
User
root
Virtual environment
false
Python version
3.13.11
Operating system family
Linux
Operating system version
6.12.67-haos
CPU architecture
x86_64
Timezone
Europe/Berlin
Configuration directory
/config
Home Assistant Community Store
GitHub API
ok
GitHub Content
ok
GitHub Web
ok
HACS Data
ok
GitHub API Calls Remaining
4992
Installed Version
2.0.5
Stage
running
Available Repositories
2786
Downloaded Repositories
30
Home Assistant Cloud
Logged In
false
Reach certificate server
ok
Reach authentication server
ok
Reach Home Assistant Cloud
ok
Home Assistant Supervisor
Host operating system
Home Assistant OS 17.1
Update channel
stable
Supervisor version
supervisor-2026.02.3
Agent version
1.8.1
Docker version
29.1.3
Disk total
42.6 GB
Disk used
35.1 GB
Nameservers
10.69.20.11
Healthy
true
Supported
true
host_connectivity
true
supervisor_connectivity
true
ntp_synchronized
true
virtualization
kvm
Board
ova
Supervisor API
ok
Version API
ok
Installed apps
Terminal & SSH (10.0.2), Home Assistant Google Drive Backup (0.112.1), Studio Code Server (6.0.1), Samba share (12.6.0), Mosquitto broker (6.5.2), Zigbee2MQTT (2.8.0-1), zigbee2mqttassistant (0.3.157), Node-RED (21.0.3), Cloudflared (7.0.3), Matter Server (8.2.2), TasmoAdmin (0.33.0), Piper (2.2.2), Whisper (3.1.0), openWakeWord (2.1.0), Speech-to-Phrase (1.4.1), Music Assistant (2.7.9), SQLite Web (6.0.0), Let’s Encrypt (6.0.4), MQTT Explorer (browser-1.0.3), Advanced SSH & Web Terminal (23.0.3)
I would start looking at the backups, DB and “Log-Files” , As you don’t mentioned “Alot” in regards to Your System-Setup, It’s just “Shots in the Dark” answers you will get
That was “details” i like … Nothing really “sticks out” , But Your Piper, Wisper , And Speech-to Voice, Which can “contain” endless Datas
But as you have access to Terminal try with du -sh , but also check /var/log.
Maybe df ( docker system df “You need Advance Terminal APP , for this” )
Well, i wouldn’t know, and not even sure a Full backup would help you if that command removes " more than “intended”
You have alot Add-Ons so naturally also alot Containers
But the amount of DATA ( In Images ) sure looks like it’s Your Add-Ons ( APPS ), You need to focus on.
( On the other hand, it also include HA’s “native” Containers )
Either Move DATA to a dedicated DATA-Disk, via the UI-Feature
Again Piper/Whisper/Speech-too-Phrase can be Your “issue” depending upon how much you have “loaded” into these
PS: I Just noticed you are running a VM , if you shut it down, and copy the whole VM Images, then you could try to see if you have “old” stuff “dangling”, thou i doubt it will “release much”
I still believe that those 3 mentioned APP’s is not mend to be running inside a “small” HA Install
Above System Spec, also says nothing in regards to your Hardware, i.e Dedicated CPU’s, Ram.
Not that it’s of interest in this matter, Thou the 3 mentioned APPs add’ another “dimension” to the CORE-Functionality , And can be very resource demanding “interrupt/slowdown” main purpose/functionality
The system is running on a mini pc with 16GB of ram and 8 x Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4785T CPU @ 2.20GHz (1 Socket)
I did a prune at the end and I just really got like 400MB more of space.
I am looking at the images I have a couple of big containers but nothing looks like was getting bigger and bigger (of course I have no from months ago)
➜ ~ docker system df -v
➜ ~ docker system df -v
Images space usage:
REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE SHARED SIZE UNIQUE SIZE CONTAINERS
ghcr.io/zigbee2mqtt/zigbee2mqtt-amd64 2.9.1-1 70420f340051 2 hours ago 267MB 0B 267.4MB 1
homeassistant/amd64-addon-letsencrypt 6.1.0 8f02938ec970 3 hours ago 462MB 0B 461.8MB 0
homeassistant/amd64-addon-ssh 10.0.2 4e7f441bdecb 3 days ago 186MB 0B 186.4MB 0
ghcr.io/music-assistant/server 2.7.9 e69e01a503d3 3 days ago 2.03GB 0B 2.032GB 1
ghcr.io/hassio-addons/node-red 21.0.3 71b9783a2af7 3 days ago 724MB 32.17MB 691.9MB 1
ghcr.io/hassio-addons/ssh 23.0.3 4bf137971d0a 4 days ago 444MB 32.17MB 411.7MB 1
homeassistant/amd64-addon-samba 12.6.0 cc5bfe0eafc8 5 days ago 140MB 49.51MB 90.17MB 1
ghcr.io/home-assistant/amd64-hassio-supervisor 2026.02.3 fa2b42e9e6a2 5 days ago 521MB 49MB 471.7MB 1
ghcr.io/home-assistant/qemux86-64-homeassistant 2026.2.3 e31da2e17a64 9 days ago 3.48GB 8.991MB 3.468GB 1
ghcr.io/hassio-addons/sqlite-web 6.0.0 a989a6928626 2 weeks ago 117MB 32.17MB 84.34MB 1
ghcr.io/home-assistant/amd64-hassio-dns 2026.02.0 5a6ad5015e98 2 weeks ago 104MB 49.51MB 54.49MB 1
ghcr.io/home-assistant/amd64-hassio-observer 2026.02.0 590ca9bf6310 2 weeks ago 13.7MB 0B 13.69MB 1
ghcr.io/home-assistant/amd64-hassio-multicast 2026.02.0 5328641aa0db 2 weeks ago 69.1MB 49.51MB 19.62MB 1
ghcr.io/home-assistant/amd64-hassio-audio 2026.02.0 53e2518976ba 2 weeks ago 116MB 49.51MB 66.6MB 1
ghcr.io/homeassistant-apps/cloudflared/amd64 7.0.3 5e91c8d971d9 3 weeks ago 121MB 32.17MB 89.23MB 1
homeassistant/amd64-addon-piper 2.2.2 75617e700f04 3 weeks ago 1.83GB 0B 1.832GB 1
ghcr.io/home-assistant/amd64-hassio-cli 2026.02.0 7faed68d4a44 3 weeks ago 81.7MB 49MB 32.74MB 1
homeassistant/amd64-addon-whisper 3.1.0 a0c02492a4fa 4 weeks ago 2.12GB 85.24MB 2.034GB 1
homeassistant/amd64-addon-matter-server 8.2.2 26e7b09db419 4 weeks ago 1.28GB 85.24MB 1.194GB 1
ghcr.io/hassio-addons/vscode/amd64 6.0.1 29f15b9bc4ca 3 months ago 1.49GB 0B 1.495GB 1
ghcr.io/hassio-addons/tasmoadmin/amd64 0.33.0 a2b25bd7e4b1 3 months ago 91.5MB 8.991MB 82.53MB 1
homeassistant/amd64-addon-openwakeword 2.1.0 24a4d15f7a30 3 months ago 398MB 0B 398.3MB 1
homeassistant/amd64-addon-mosquitto 6.5.2 9b0c1f31bec5 5 months ago 240MB 0B 240.5MB 1
homeassistant/amd64-addon-speech-to-phrase 1.4.1 01e15c2219ba 8 months ago 1.39GB 0B 1.387GB 1
ghcr.io/jehy/dbstats-addon-amd64 0.5.12 0ad5d8381579 12 months ago 948MB 0B 947.7MB 1
ghcr.io/sabeechen/hassio-google-drive-backup-amd64 0.112.1 9eee185e3e46 2 years ago 468MB 0B 467.6MB 1
smeagolworms4/mqtt-explorer browser-1.0.3 8c8a92b9727a 2 years ago 404MB 0B 403.7MB 0
carldebilly/zigbee2mqttassistant 0.3.157 9a1d24d3e868 5 years ago 184MB 0B 183.6MB 1
Containers space usage:
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND LOCAL VOLUMES SIZE CREATED STATUS NAMES
b62b0fe89422 ghcr.io/hassio-addons/ssh:23.0.3 "/init" 0 53.6MB 7 minutes ago Up 6 minutes addon_a0d7b954_ssh
a97b9359af73 ghcr.io/jehy/dbstats-addon-amd64:0.5.12 "/init" 0 795kB 7 minutes ago Up 7 minutes addon_8bce8ef4_dbstats
d05124bf0db9 ghcr.io/hassio-addons/sqlite-web:6.0.0 "/init" 0 795kB 7 minutes ago Up 7 minutes addon_a0d7b954_sqlite-web
afc04b9d7a64 ghcr.io/music-assistant/server:2.7.9 "/usr/local/bin/entr…" 0 31.7MB 7 minutes ago Up 7 minutes addon_d5369777_music_assistant
d905c9dfa34c homeassistant/amd64-addon-speech-to-phrase:1.4.1 "/init" 0 582kB 7 minutes ago Up 7 minutes (healthy) addon_core_speech-to-phrase
ed2e62d45e25 homeassistant/amd64-addon-openwakeword:2.1.0 "/init" 0 573kB 7 minutes ago Up 7 minutes (healthy) addon_core_openwakeword
4b5230c59b89 homeassistant/amd64-addon-whisper:3.1.0 "/init" 0 578kB 7 minutes ago Up 7 minutes (healthy) addon_core_whisper
99579da7d7ed homeassistant/amd64-addon-piper:2.2.2 "/init" 0 573kB 7 minutes ago Up 7 minutes (healthy) addon_core_piper
82cba7da2228 ghcr.io/hassio-addons/node-red:21.0.3 "/init" 0 21MB 7 minutes ago Up 7 minutes (healthy) addon_a0d7b954_nodered
0793786cbb84 carldebilly/zigbee2mqttassistant:0.3.157 "dotnet Zigbee2MqttA…" 0 24.6kB 7 minutes ago Up 7 minutes addon_806b11b5_zigbee2mqttassistant
0ca7f4a47fb0 ghcr.io/zigbee2mqtt/zigbee2mqtt-amd64:2.9.1-1 "/sbin/tini -- /dock…" 0 53.2kB 7 minutes ago Up 7 minutes (healthy) addon_45df7312_zigbee2mqtt
f76bb80a5e71 ghcr.io/sabeechen/hassio-google-drive-backup-amd64:0.112.1 "python3 -m backup" 0 999kB 7 minutes ago Up 7 minutes addon_cebe7a76_hassio_google_drive_backup
9ff829e91c07 homeassistant/amd64-addon-matter-server:8.2.2 "/init" 0 1.65MB 8 minutes ago Up 8 minutes addon_core_matter_server
a6320e6fb250 ghcr.io/homeassistant-apps/cloudflared/amd64:7.0.3 "/init /run.sh" 0 639kB 8 minutes ago Up 8 minutes addon_9074a9fa_cloudflared
5963a0738548 homeassistant/amd64-addon-samba:12.6.0 "/init" 0 6.4MB 8 minutes ago Up 8 minutes (healthy) addon_core_samba
93c2326056e3 ghcr.io/hassio-addons/vscode/amd64:6.0.1 "/init" 0 1.06MB 8 minutes ago Up 8 minutes (healthy) addon_a0d7b954_vscode
d791fc57b1ec ghcr.io/hassio-addons/tasmoadmin/amd64:0.33.0 "/init" 0 877kB 9 minutes ago Up 9 minutes (healthy) addon_a0d7b954_sonweb
27906d8388ba homeassistant/amd64-addon-mosquitto:6.5.2 "/init" 0 668kB 9 minutes ago Up 9 minutes addon_core_mosquitto
eca95489e96e ghcr.io/home-assistant/amd64-hassio-multicast:2026.02.0 "/init" 0 537kB 9 minutes ago Up 9 minutes hassio_multicast
05cf73df0d68 ghcr.io/home-assistant/amd64-hassio-audio:2026.02.0 "/init" 0 643kB 9 minutes ago Up 9 minutes hassio_audio
dee0c57c98a4 ghcr.io/home-assistant/amd64-hassio-dns:2026.02.0 "/init" 0 553kB 9 minutes ago Up 9 minutes hassio_dns
01a728e74d3a ghcr.io/home-assistant/amd64-hassio-cli:2026.02.0 "/init" 0 516kB 9 minutes ago Up 9 minutes hassio_cli
74ab7a004e04 ghcr.io/home-assistant/amd64-hassio-supervisor:latest "/init" 0 631kB 4 days ago Up 9 minutes hassio_supervisor
04ceb97554a3 ghcr.io/home-assistant/qemux86-64-homeassistant:2026.2.3 "/init" 0 921MB 9 days ago Up 8 minutes homeassistant
40600c0ee445 ghcr.io/home-assistant/amd64-hassio-observer:2026.02.0 "/usr/bin/observer" 0 8.19kB 2 weeks ago Up 9 minutes hassio_observer
Maybe I need to focus on the DB. The sunny days are starting on my side of the globe and my (NEW) Inverter/Solar/Battery seems to be kind of noisy
This tells you the problem - you have 25 containers (count your addons) installed and running with 4 images not running - you could reclaim the 4 not used but the 25 in use prob make the bulk of that 27G.
Read: You must construct additional pylon... er sorry wrong software - you need more space. Or you need to pull addons / apps out.
Yes maintaining good db hygiene is important dont NOT do that… but your db size will stabilize as after 10 days history starts to take over and help you clear the chaff long term. Your big problem is static storage rn.
That said. you asked how big can it get? My BACKUP ALONE is 13 G - so… You prob need to look at more storage long term. My system volume on my HA box is currently 128G, but I’m about to double that as I get too close at the end of the month to 75% after my backups. 48 will be TIGHT no matter how you slice it.
Your DB is fairly “small”, And overall nothing really “sticks out”
Thou again the 3 “mentioned” APPs, is takes about +4Gb ( Really not much )
However as Nathan says, You need to Adapt to Your reality , Add more Space
I mostly keep my backups on a NAS, and for catastrofic failures depend more on the full VM backup to be honest, but yes you and @boheme61 are right. I need to think about my space, I try to keep it around “just what I need” because one I went uncautious and got a full storage error on my proxmox instance at. 10pm not fun.
Stressed days.
