Dump space is disk space reserved to store the resulting data in the event of a system crash after an unexpected event. As such, some people regard dump space as disk space that is wasted . We hope that our systems will never crash, but when or if they do, it is a good idea to be able to capture enough information for our local Response Center engineers to analyze the resulting crashdump and diagnose what the problem was. The problem could be hardware or software related . We need to ensure that there is sufficient space to accommodate a crashdump and that the appropriate information is included in the crashdump.
