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Nov 21, 2019 08:00:18 AM Volume: System volume root's usage is 81%. This condition should not occur under normal conditions. Contact technical support. Hi All. Just had this aler...
bkxit wrote:
Do i need to be looking in another dir that possibly has the offending build up of files ?
how would i look at the dir of the sys volume to see whats in there and what size ?
Try the steps here for plex:
While you have the OS partition remounted, you should also look in /mnt/media. Look for files in the USB_HDD* folders there - the ones in /mnt should be empty.
Hi Marc.
Many thanks for the quick reply............ Sorry to show a bit of ignorance here,
So the System volume , Thats not the free disc space then ?
I have 1.47tb data and 2.16 Free.
so to my thinking i have enough free disc space ???
I have just cleared the system logs and im running scrug defrag and ballance.
Is the sys volume a specific area of the storage ???
Again thanks for your helpfull reply..
Best Wishes John..
Yes Data volume is different from System root volume.
System is actually 4GB in size. Unfortunately, clearing the system logs and or running volume maintenance may not affect the system volume since it is actually targeting the data volume.
It is really advisable to contact Support for proper assistance or use the Community guide on clearing up System root volume but only if you are comfortable using SSH.
HTH
Regards
Marc_V wrote:
It is really advisable to contact Support for proper assistance or use the Community guide on clearing up System root volume but only if you are comfortable using SSH.
I agree. If you aren't already familiar with linux commands, you should use support. Ask for per-incident support. Don't purchase the gearhead support - it's not what you want for this.
Hi All.
many thanks for the info.......... Im not too familar with SSH and have looked at the community advice and think you
are possibly correct in getting support help...
So is this a new problem thats occured with a firmware update ?
Ive had my NAS for several years now with no problems before, or is it the fact that its been several years ??
I would have thaught these Temp files would be deleted by the system in order to prevent this becoming a problem
Cheers to All...
bkxit wrote:
So is this a new problem thats occured with a firmware update ?
The threshold for the error is 80%. It's likely that the files have been building up for some time.
The ReadyNAS does clean up some files, but sometimes logs can still build up. Also, some apps will use OS partition space incorrectly. Plex for example will sometimes leave behind temporary files when it does real-time transcoding. The NAS application doesn't try to remove those (since it didn't put them there, and has no idea what they are). There are a couple of other common causes.
Support can easily fix this. But if you wait too long, the NAS can misbehave, and eventually it will fail to boot. So it's best to take care of it now.
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