# java.lang.ArithmeticException fills up hard disk very quickly

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/java-lang-arithmeticexception-fills-up-hard-disk-very-quickly/92943>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [March 8, 2021, 10:47am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/java-lang-arithmeticexception-fills-up-hard-disk-very-quickly/92943 "2021-03-08T10:47:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![David\_Gryn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5fc32e/32.png) [@David\_Gryn](https://community.wowza.com/u/David_Gryn)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 10:47am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/java-lang-arithmeticexception-fills-up-hard-disk-very-quickly/92943/1 "2021-03-08T10:47:54Z")

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Hello,

Yesterday, the VOD (via S3) streams on my client’s website stopped working. Upon investigating I saw the hard disk of the server on which Wowza is installed was full. I checked the logs and saw countless entries with the following error:

PublishingProviderMediaReader.play : java.lang.ArithmeticException

I deleted the log files and also updated to 4.8.10. Everything was working fine after a restart, but this morning same thing. I had to delete the log files again and restart the server. Any ideas what could cause this error that can fill up the har drive log within a matter of hours? I couldn’t find any reference to this error.

Thanks