Parity-ethereum: Huge db file crashes parity

[BillSantos]

I'm running:

• Which Parity version?: v1.10.3-stable-b9ceda3-20180507/x86_64-linux-gnu/rustc1.25.0
• Which operating system?: 4.13.0-41-generic #46~16.04.1-Ubuntu
• How installed?: via apt binaries (.deb file)
• Are you fully synchronized?: yes
• Which network are you connected to?: ethereum
• Did you try to restart the node?: yes

Parity crashed with the following output.

Also, the db file in ~/.local/ has grown to 78 GB! How do I set parity to pare the size of this file??

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stack backtrace:
0: 0x55f0f735403c -

Thread 'IO Worker #1' panicked at 'DB flush failed.: Error(Msg("IO error: No space left on device While appending to file: /home/username/.local/share/io.parity.ethereum/chains/ethereum/db/906a34e69aec8c0d/overlayrecent/db/270000.sst: No space left on device"), State { next_error: None, backtrace: None })', libcore/result.rs:945

This is a bug. Please report it at:

https://github.com/paritytech/parity/issues/new

Aborted (core dumped)

[debris]

This error is very descriptive and it's actually not a bug. You simply run out of space on your disk. Please read this article about parity blockchain size and adjust your parity configuration to your needs and hardware capabilities

[Tbaut]

Our wiki has updated requirements and overview: https://wiki.parity.io/Setup#ethereum-mainnet-hardware-requirements

[BillSantos]

Thanks debris & Tbaut. That was just what I needed!