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Deleting Files
How do I get files back that I have deleted from the NAS by mistake?
Did you have snapshots enabled on the share?
Snapshots were disabled to save space, otherwise I can go into that share and eable snapshots and set quota?
claynz wrote:
Snapshots were disabled to save space,
If there are no snapshots that hold the file, then recovering a deleted file is problematic. There is a btrfs-undelete script out there, but I've never attempted to use it.
claynz wrote:
otherwise I can go into that share and enable snapshots and set quota?
Enabling snapshots can help you recover a deleted file. So can a backup - and if you use the NAS as primary storage you should have a backup plan in place. RAID isn't enough to keep your data safe.
I'm not sure why you are mentioning set quota. If you are wanting to manage the snapshot space, the best approach is to use the custom snapshot setting, and set the desired retention. You can tune that over time to control the snapshot space.
Thanks Stephen,
I have created a snapshot on the main Share folder Videos and it created a 7.4TB size folder in /data/Videos/snapshot as I checked Allow Snapshot access, but the path to the snapshot folder path is greyed out and I cannot change.
I understand your point RAID5 isn't enough to backup data, so I have a 6TB Hard drive in the PC, can I at least forward items deleted from the NAS to this drive? just like a recycling bin in Windows?
I updated this RN314 NAS to 4x10TB drives last month and brought another RN214 NAS to use my older 4x4TB drives, could I back up to the RN214 NAS? it is also configured as RAID5, I'm storing my XBOX and PS3 games, total 4TB on this NAS so 8TB free space.
What would you suggest I do?
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