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Disk Full - Cannot delete SnapShots
I have about 50% disk usage, but have reached 95% full with snapshots. I have attempted to delete about half of the snapshots from each share, but have not regained any "%" of the disk space. I also ...
To reclaim space you generally have to delete the oldest snapshots first. Is that what you did?
Also, if you go to System > Volumes, click on the Settings wheel for the volume and go down to Settings there is a Snapshot Pruning item. You can adjust the volume usage threshold at which the oldest automatic snapshots are pruned so that the volume doesn't get as full from snapshots.
mdgm
I found this setting and adjusted this as well, and no change here either.
Stephen
This was not what I had initally done, but I went back deleted more files - no change!
lamblu wrote:
Stephen
This was not what I had initally done, but I went back deleted more files - no change!
Sometimes it can take a little while for the space to be reclaimed.
A balance sometimes helps, but it will struggle with a 95% full volume.
I did run a balance, defrag, and scrub, Friday before starting the removal of files - there was a slight change in available space - 687G to 694G, ....
Update, ...
Over the weekend, I began pulling files from the unit, (specifically complete share volume contents) and then deleteing the share - this has not changed the "full" status in any amount. I have removed in excess of 1TB (not including the snapshot pruning and deletion), and it still shows 694G available, with about one half in snapshots, and one half in data.
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