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ReadyNAS Alert: System volume root's usage is 90%.
Greetings programs, I had the following error on my ReadyNAS 524X (4 bay NAS). "System volume root's usage is 90%. This condition should not occur under normal conditions. Contact technical s...
There are actually a lot of things that can cause this, a rogue app being one of them. What apps are you running, if any? Plex is especially notorious for leaving "scraps" of transcodes in the OS partition. An improperly mounted USB drive when a backup to that drive is triggered can also do it.
If you feel comfortable going in and using the SSH command prompt, StephenB has some intructions I think he pastes in from a
"cheat sheet" for cleaning out the OS partition. Or use Google to search this forum (the forum's own search is pittiful) for the process -- it's posted many times. Otherwise, this is a case for Netgear support. But do something quickly, as you can lose all access if it fills up more.
Besides clening up the OS partition, it is important to find the cause, ot it likely will happen again.
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