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jonbloke3276
Jan 28, 2024Aspirant
Shared folders disappeared RN3138
Hi, Hoping someone can point me in the right direction here. I'm currently using a ReadyNas 3138 as a Plex media server and general all round file server. Had it a couple of years and until r...
StephenB
Jan 28, 2024Guru - Experienced User
Are you seeing any warnings that the root is full?
Do you have a backup of the files?
- jonbloke3276Jan 29, 2024Aspirant
loads of free space available - 6.6TB.
No external back up I'm afraid, just a RAID10 config of the RN3138.
- StephenBJan 29, 2024Guru - Experienced User
jonbloke3276 wrote:
loads of free space available - 6.6TB.
You are confusing the space in the root (OS partition) and the data volume. The root is only 4 GB (not TB), and holds the linux OS, the ReadyNAS application software, and the NAS configuration files.
jonbloke3276 wrote:
No external back up I'm afraid, just a RAID10 config of the RN3138.
It would be prudent to make a back up right away.
- jonbloke3276Jan 29, 2024Aspirant
Sorry for being new at this. How do I access the root folder in order to check this? Do i need to enable SSH access?
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