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mvachon
Tutor
Jun 21, 2016
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Deleting Files and Snapshots does not free up space - UI shows no more snapshots to delete

  My ReadyNAS 104, running OS 6.5 was getting tight on space a couple months ago (4 x 4Tb).  I deleted all the snapshots, but the UI still shows the snapshots taking up a bunch of space.  Fast forwa...
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  • mdgm-ntgr's avatar
    mdgm-ntgr
    Jul 28, 2016

    If you are comfortable with the support implications of using SSH you could do e.g. 

    # touch /.force_snapshots_upgrade
# systemctl restart readynasd

     

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mvachon
Tutor
Jun 21, 2016

That command doesn't seem to do anything for me (using SSH?).  If this filepath problem is my issue is there any way to seek out and delete those snapshots?  Or am I stuck with a restore?

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Sandshark
Sensei - Experienced User
Jun 21, 2016

You may simply need to do a balance.

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