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Steentje
Mar 18, 2019Follower
RN102: System volume root's usage is 85%
Hi,
Today, my ReadyNAS 102 alerted me with this message: "System volume root's usage is 85%. This condition should not occur under normal conditions. Contact technical support." At the same tim...
- Mar 18, 2019
Hi,
I had exactly the same problem. For the solution, which worked on my NAS, please refer to: https://community.netgear.com/t5/Using-your-ReadyNAS-in-Business/System-volume-root-s-usage-is-84-This-condition-should-not-occur/m-p/1722230#M178435
jamesnewton1
Mar 19, 2019Aspirant
Hi So, i also had an issue with my readynas no updating the Antivirus.
Long story very short it was a load of Junk files from Plex, i had a 82% Root Usage.
Im a Linux nube so I will keep this easy for the other Nubes. if you want to use Windows then install a program called putty.
You will need to have SSH switched on from your Option list on the ready nas
in Putty then use the server ip for example
192.168.1.10
log in as root not admin
then use the ready nas server password
this opens up a terminal.
As you are logged in as the root
cd /
to show contents
ls -1
If you have the same issue with Crap from Plex then you can see a load of junkchunk-stream0-00149.m4s
display files size in human form
du -h
mass delete of files
for example
chunk-stream0-00149.m4s
chunk-stream0-00150.m4s
chunk-stream0-00151.m4s
rm -rf chunk-stream0*
Caution think before you delete.
Then dis engaged the antivirus, restarted the system then re engaged the Antivirus and all was good. No more root usage warnings
Steentje wrote:
Hi,
Today, my ReadyNAS 102 alerted me with this message: "System volume root's usage is 85%. This condition should not occur under normal conditions. Contact technical support." At the same time I noticed that the antivirus definitions have not been updating since 05-Mar-2019, and that the alerts are no longer being sent by e-mail to me.
Can anyone explain me the cause(s) and possible solutions to this problem?
Thanks!
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