A web server was configured with a 20GB hard drive. Administrators notice the hard drive runs out of space approximately every ten days, even though there were no changes made to the server. Which…

Temporary directories accumulate files during active processes but are typically cleared automatically or at reboot, making them unlikely to cause consistent 10-day cycles.

Log files grow continuously as the web server records HTTP requests, errors, and system events for every interaction. Because no changes were made to the server, the only explanation for consistent, predictable storage consumption is an ongoing automated process - which log rotation or management was not configured to handle. This is the most common cause of gradual, cyclical disk exhaustion on web servers.

Service packs are discrete, administrator-initiated installations that consume a fixed amount of space and would not repeatedly fill a drive on a predictable cycle.

Patches, like service packs, are applied at specific times by administrators and do not continuously consume disk space after installation.