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# sk101149 - "Error: Disk space usage is above allowed value" is displayed for Threat Emulation blade

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk101149 |
| Date Created | 2014-06-17 |
| Last Modified | 2026-03-10 |
| Technical Level | Advanced |
| Products | Security Gateway |
| Versions | R82.10, R82, R81.20, R81.10 (EOS) |
| OS | Gaia |

## Symptoms

- * In SmartConsole \> the **Logs \& Event** view displays this error for the Threat Emulation blade: "`Error: Disk space usage is above allowed value`".

* Output of the `df -h` command on the Threat Emulation Gateway shows that there is more than 10GB free space in the */var/log/* partition.

* Output of the `cpstat threat-emulation` command on the Threat Emulation Gateway shows the same output as in the SmartView Monitor.

## Cause

By default, Threat Emulation is set to stop emulation when the amount of free disk space drops below 20% of the available partition space.

## Solution

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