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Replicate and running out of space #24788769
I have two ReadyNAS Pro 4 each with Replicate installed. Each is 2TB in drive space.
NAS1: roughly 300GB used
NAS2: <500GB free
We use Replicate to backup nightly from NAS1 to NAS2 plus 2 additional smaller Replicate jobs. Each nightly backup generally backups less than 50MB of data.
The Replicate jobs have a 15, 45, and 90 day retention cycle, depending on the source material.
All of that works fine - backups, retention cycle, etc.
What is not happening is NAS2 is not having any space freed up. The Replicate logs gives a rotation marker near the end and the date works out correctly. but it seems like the data is being trashed but the space not freed for future use. If I use Windows Explorer to see the folders, I see the few folders I expect with the correct number of folders in them (ie 15 folders for 15 day retention, etc).
No other jobs run on this NAS nor is it used for anything else but those 3 Replicate jobs.
Is there a way to free up space? Is there some job that is supposed to run that cleans things up and it got turned off?
Thank you for the help.
Charles
NAS1: roughly 300GB used
NAS2: <500GB free
We use Replicate to backup nightly from NAS1 to NAS2 plus 2 additional smaller Replicate jobs. Each nightly backup generally backups less than 50MB of data.
The Replicate jobs have a 15, 45, and 90 day retention cycle, depending on the source material.
All of that works fine - backups, retention cycle, etc.
What is not happening is NAS2 is not having any space freed up. The Replicate logs gives a rotation marker near the end and the date works out correctly. but it seems like the data is being trashed but the space not freed for future use. If I use Windows Explorer to see the folders, I see the few folders I expect with the correct number of folders in them (ie 15 folders for 15 day retention, etc).
No other jobs run on this NAS nor is it used for anything else but those 3 Replicate jobs.
Is there a way to free up space? Is there some job that is supposed to run that cleans things up and it got turned off?
Thank you for the help.
Charles
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- Check if snapshots are enabled. You might want to disable it and free some space.
Check this link: http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detai ... 2100,-3100, - Thanks. One job had a snapshot of 10GB. It's 125GB of data but the average daily backup (incremental) is very small, a few dozen MB. So I turned off the snapshot (made it none). Should that free up other snapshots it took or will those disappear as each old backup is recycled?
rteguy wrote: So I turned off the snapshot (made it none). Should that free up other snapshots it took or will those disappear as each old backup is recycled?
To free up space taken by snapshots, it should be deleted. There is a "Delete snapshot" button on the Snapshot page as per indicated on page 99 of the software manual: http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/ ... 5Nov13.pdf- I guess we were talking past one another. I have a snapshot setup on one Replicate backup which I have since changed from 10GB to none. If I got where you are referring on page 99, I have no snapshots setup there (no checked buttons at all) and because of that, no delete snapshots button. Only a take a snapshot now button.
To reiterate the size issue, the 3 replicate jobs have been at their "max days to keep" for a few years and the size isn't that large on each but it's like when the oldest day is recycled, the space is not actually freed. So it's just filling up space at this point.
I also checked and I have no recycle bins setup. - No other ideas? Still losing space.
- On the Replicate backup settings, is the Limit revisions set to unlimited? I am just thinking that if its set to unlimited, this might cause to take up space in the destination NAS.
- Yes, that would be correct. But the three Replicate jobs are set to 15, 45 and 180 days. And those jobs have already met the days limit, meaning that if I go into their respective folders I can see 15, 45, and 180 folders. The log for each also says it's moving the last date up a day and the oldest folder does disappear.
It's almost like it's being marked for deletion but I need to empty trash some how! - Sent you a PM.
Hi,
I have the same issue - no snapshots but I mistakenly set revisions to unlimited. I have now set this to 10 but need to manually delete the old revisions to free up space on the destination. Is there any way to do this or do I have to reset the NAS (again).?
Thanks,
Alex
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