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Micmap
Aspirant
Oct 19, 2016
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Deleted share, but data is still taking up (almost all the) space

I deleted a folder in a share, and after that the deleted folder showed up as snapshot data, still taking up space and I was unable to free the space.

This led me to delete the entire share with the intention to re-do the share and re-copy all the data.

But now I've removed the share, but all the data is still taking up space on my volume. Since this was the only share on the volume with all the data the volume should have 100% availeble space.

Instead it indicates 700gb free of a 14,5TB volume (5x4TB).

How can I fix this?
current firmware is 6.5.0.

 

[img]http://i.imgur.com/kqkIf3C.png[/img]

 

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    I have a RN31400 (4x4TB) and an EDA500 expansion unit (5x4TB). The volume from the EDA500 does not contain useful data, but the volume on the RN31400 does.

    Still scrubbing, this may take some time. Only at 0,52% so far :(

     

    I'm a bit reluctant to update the firmware, did this twice so far and both times the nas froze on me during reboot.

     

    But why is it impossible to format or destroy the volume? This is not normal behaviour I believe. The only thing I can do is switch between x-raid and flexraid (have not done so)

     

    Ok update: I've stopped scrubbing. Switched to flexraid which made it possible for me to destroy the volume.

    Switched back to x-raid and now it's resyncing, so moving forward:

    resyncing.PNG

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  • mdgm-ntgr's avatar
    mdgm-ntgr
    NETGEAR Employee Retired

    Were you running 6.1.9 or earlier at some point?

     

    Can you send in your logs (see the Sending Logs link in my sig)?

    • Micmap's avatar
      Micmap
      Aspirant

      Logs sent, I've upgraded the firmware twice and now I am using 6.5.0.

      But I am not certain what firmware version I was running when I started using the nas. It's been running for 10 months I guess.

       

      At the back of the nas I've found a small sticker saying: FW: 6.2.0

      So I assume I started out with that firmware version?

      • cpu8088's avatar
        cpu8088
        Virtuoso

        how about doing a defrag, scrub and balancing to see if free space can be reclaimed?

         

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