Resize to smaller node not allowed
Linode
Linode Staff
I've resized my Linode from the Nanode plan to the Linode 2GB plan temporarily. But I'm not able to resize it back to the Nanode plan. The following message is shown:
"Linode has allocated more disk than the new service plan allows. Delete or resize disks smaller.:
FYI, the used space is still smaller than the 25GB of the Nanode plan. I remember that I used to be able to upsize and downsize the node without the above message.
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rgerke
Linode Staff
When downgrading to a smaller plan, the system looks at how much disk space you've allocated toward storage rather than the actual amount of space you're using on that disk. If you've allocated more disk space than would fit on the smaller plan, you won't be able to downgrade without resizing the disk.
We have a guide that shows you how to resize, and I'll link it below:
I am facing the same scenario, I have resized my main disk below 25GB of the Nanode plan and created an extra volume of 10GB where I have kept some data but still I am unable to resize the disk after poweroff. It's failing everytime. Can someone please explain the reason?
Following is my df -h status
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda 49G 13G 36G 27% /
tmpfs 976M 116K 976M 1% /dev/shm
/dev/sdc 9.7G 5.8G 3.5G 63% /home/jokesplu/public_htm/hcom