Why getting error mongod dead but subsys locked and Insufficient free space for journal files on Linux?

Question

I have installed mongo-10gen mongo-10gen-server on Linux CentOS server.

I followed the steps from Link.

I have configured /etc/mongo

Answer 1

For anyone having this issue despite having enough space for the journal file to be created.

My problem: I had more than enough space for the journal file to be created. Mongo gave me a connection failed issue. I used kill command to kill the mongod process which in turn gave me the subsys issue. Here is what worked for me:

Go to /var/lock/subsys and delete file mongod

now service mongod stopand then service mongod start

Started mongo shell now and everything seems to be running fine.