I've had df -h write out to the motd before for clients who insisted on tiny sli...

cs02rm0 on March 4, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: How I spend my first 5 minutes on a server

I've had df -h write out to the motd before for clients who insisted on tiny slices of disk, no automated monitoring and no manual checking of disk space even after it chewed itself up.

I'm not sure it helped, but it made me feel better.