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Disk Space Cleanup
I manage several ReadyNAS NV+ units at different clients offices for offsite backup... Twice now I have run into a situation where the drives fill up and either need to upgraded or, in two cases, it ...
that's what I am talking about. unwanted or unneeded files that we delete. The space is not being automatically reclaimed.
In addition to this, space used by the shares is not being reported properly.
I have 8 shares on this one box, one of them shows 0 space used under FrontView. However there is over 70 GB of files in that share.
Under other shares, when you delete files manually (browsing under Windows Explorer) the shares sizes do not change and the space used for the overall raid never goes down.
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That all said, I have had some success today as I went into the "Advanced Options" under each share and clicked the the check box for "Set ownership and permission for existing..." and clicked apply. Now When I delete files, they DO appear to take the size off the total volume shown on front view...
But despite this success, files previously deleted still seem to be taking room, and one share shows 0 (zero) size even though there is 70GB of files in it.
In addition to this, space used by the shares is not being reported properly.
I have 8 shares on this one box, one of them shows 0 space used under FrontView. However there is over 70 GB of files in that share.
Under other shares, when you delete files manually (browsing under Windows Explorer) the shares sizes do not change and the space used for the overall raid never goes down.
....
That all said, I have had some success today as I went into the "Advanced Options" under each share and clicked the the check box for "Set ownership and permission for existing..." and clicked apply. Now When I delete files, they DO appear to take the size off the total volume shown on front view...
But despite this success, files previously deleted still seem to be taking room, and one share shows 0 (zero) size even though there is 70GB of files in it.
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