trying to downsize my linode
I am running a Dedicated 16 GB Linode with the following specs
8 CPU Cores 320 GB Storage 16 GB RAM
I would like to downsize it to Nanode 1 GB with 25 GB of storage.
As you can see, my total usage is below 25GB; however, I cannot downsize. Even when I chose an 80 Gb disk size machine, I still got the same error.
any suggestion?
df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
tmpfs 1.6G 980K 1.6G 1% /run
/dev/sda 315G 23G 277G 8% /
tmpfs 7.9G 0 7.9G 0% /dev/shm
tmpfs 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock
tmpfs 1.6G 4.0K 1.6G 1% /run/user/0
1 Reply
watrick
Linode Staff
This comes up occasionally, so you're not the first to get tripped up resizing to a smaller plan. The Cloud Manager does not have access to the internals of your compute instance. Because of this, it cannot determine the utilization of the current plan's allocated resources. In this situation, that means it cannot determined if the current disk can be resized to fit the specifications of the smaller plan.
So let's step back and rethink this now that we understand what the Cloud Manager knows and does not know. To resize to the smaller plan, the Linode's disk needs to be resized first. Our Resize a Disk guide provides the required steps for changing the Linode's disk size.
It's also worth mentioning that storage is but one component to consider when deciding to resize to a smaller plan. The smaller plan also comes with less RAM and less CPU power. Before taking the steps to resize the disk so that you can resize the plan, I recommend reviewing the following Community Questions post. It walks you through determining if the plan you have in mind will work with the reduced resources. This is a little more work before making a change, though it can pay off by avoiding performance issues on the smaller plan and providing a little piece of mind before taking your Linode offline: