# Pods getting evicted due to The node was low on resource: ephemeral-storage

**URL:** <https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/pods-getting-evicted-due-to-the-node-was-low-on-resource-ephemeral-storage/9228>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [January 7, 2020, 10:56pm UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/pods-getting-evicted-due-to-the-node-was-low-on-resource-ephemeral-storage/9228 "2020-01-07T22:56:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kk\_Bk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.kubernetes.io/kk_bk/32/4362_2.png) [@Kk\_Bk](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/u/Kk_Bk)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2020, 10:56pm UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/pods-getting-evicted-due-to-the-node-was-low-on-resource-ephemeral-storage/9228/1 "2020-01-07T22:56:42Z")

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I see that pods are getting evicted due to ephemeral storage but when i looked at the nodes, has sufficient disk availability.

```auto
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1 9983232 6479112 3487736 66% /

```

Following is the exact message from evicted pod

```auto
The node was low on resource: ephemeral-storage. Container nginx was using 228Ki, which exceeds its request of 0. Container istio-proxy was using 680Ki, which exceeds its request of 0.

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**Author:** ![abodilsen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@abodilsen](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/u/abodilsen)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2020, 2:31pm UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/pods-getting-evicted-due-to-the-node-was-low-on-resource-ephemeral-storage/9228/2 "2020-02-04T14:31:51Z")

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Hi,

I have the exact same issue. No solutions to this yet ?

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**Author:** ![stephendotcarter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.kubernetes.io/stephendotcarter/32/4528_2.png) [@stephendotcarter](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/u/stephendotcarter)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/pods-getting-evicted-due-to-the-node-was-low-on-resource-ephemeral-storage/9228/3 "2020-02-05T16:22:39Z")

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Is /dev/sda1 the only partition?  
Is that definitely the worker node where the pods were running?  
Was it just that pod that was evicted?  
Could there have been another pod that was filling the disk and also got evicted?  
Not sure how useful these questions are 29 days later 🤔