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Cannot copy files to RN428 even though it shows that 700GB+ is free
I have a weird problem, hope you guys can help. I have a ReadyNAS RN428 to which I cannot copy files even though there is apparently plenty of free space (although perhaps not as a percentage). ...
Platypus69 wrote:
Out of curiosity, is there any disadvantge to a Balance? Such as fragmentations?
A balance doesn't fragment any files, and I know of no disadvantages. I run them every 3 months on my own systems - if they take a long time, that is a clue that you need to run them more often.
Personally I keep at least 15% free space on my BTRFS volumes. I think 3-4% isn't really enough. Though I do have snapshots enabled, and one aspect here is that snapshot space can grow surprisingly quickly.
StephenB wrote:Personally I keep at least 15% free space on my BTRFS volumes. I think 3-4% isn't really enough. Though I do have snapshots enabled, and one aspect here is that snapshot space can grow surprisingly quickly.
IMO, you need to consider the volume's size to determine what realistic free space you should keep. OP's volume is very large (relatively speaking) and so if he/she was to keep 10% free, then that's 7.5TiB of free space, which is overkill in my opinion - especially given the use case that this is cold storage essentially.
It all depends on the use case really. If the unit is used for cold storage you can fill it more whereas a unit used for active changing data with snapshots and so on, should have more free space to play with (15% +) as you say.
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