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Volume: System volume root's usage is 81%. This condition should not occur under normal conditions.
Hi Community, Running a ReadyNAS104-01 with firmware 6.9.2. Since a couple of days I have started getting messages from the NAS stating: Volume: System volume root's usage is 81%. This condition...
It turned out that the program on the NAS, MySQL was taking up the space.
Thanks StephenB,
We use the below services:
SMB, AFP, NFS, FTP, HTTP, HTTPS, SNMP, SSH
No apps installed.
"An up-to-date backup". Do you mean a backup off the NAS itself?
MrRipply wrote:
SMB, AFP, NFS, FTP, HTTP, HTTPS, SNMP, SSH
AntiVirus was not enabled then?
Try logging into the linux shell via ssh, and then check the current root usage.
# cd //
# df -h .
# df -i .
What firmware are you running?
MrRipply wrote:
"An up-to-date backup". Do you mean a backup off the NAS itself?
Yes, the data volume of the NAS. If the NAS is used for primary storage, it should be backed up (RAID is not enough to keep the data safe).
Its a different story if the NAS is only used for backup - then it depends on your overall backup plan (how many backups you think you need, etc).
Firmware: 6.9.2
So it remains 85% full, and that needs to be fixed. Did you ever have any apps installed? Or install any linux packages via ssh?
You'll need to browse through the various folders, and figure out where the space is going. There are a couple of ways to do that, post back if you aren't familar with them. I suggest looking in /var first.
Several folders are actually mount points for the data volume - /apps, /data, /home, and /var/ftp in particular. You can see the full list by just entering mounts. Ignore those folders for now.
This NAS was original not configured and setup by me, so I dont have a clue about apps in the past. I was enabling SSH login for the root user to be able to connect, so there seems to have been no activity over ssh in the past.
I do not have a clue where I should start investigate the folders, i do not want to play around and destroy important data for the OS. Much appreciated if you have the knowledge to advice me where to find data to remove.
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