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How much snapshot is really using
I'm trying to figure out how much space i'm actually using for snapshots. I think it's 0, but the number on the usage pie chart says otherwise. When i try to browse the snapshots there's nothing ther...
vrspectre wrote:
If I got into the .snapshots folder of each share and just delete everything there is that going to break anything?
I think a better path is to create temporary share (tDrew), and then copy the contents from Drew into it (not .snapshots of course). Then delete the Drew share, and rename tDrew to Drew.
After that I suggest running a balance from the volume settings wheel.
If I got into the .snapshots folder of each share and just delete everything there is that going to break anything?
vrspectre wrote:
If I got into the .snapshots folder of each share and just delete everything there is that going to break anything?
I think a better path is to create temporary share (tDrew), and then copy the contents from Drew into it (not .snapshots of course). Then delete the Drew share, and rename tDrew to Drew.
After that I suggest running a balance from the volume settings wheel.
oh that's probably a better idea. However it's going to muck around with other things. I have these shares auto mount on my computers when they login so i'll have to recreate that. Plus I used readynas vault so that's going to double my storage while i clean it up.
vrspectre wrote:
oh that's probably a better idea. However it's going to muck around with other things. I have these shares auto mount on my computers when they login so i'll have to recreate that. Plus I used readynas vault so that's going to double my storage while i clean it up.
If you have an external hard drive, you could also copy Drew to that, then delete/recreate the share and then restore. That's more conservative (as you aren't taking up more free space).
Alright so did this with my first share. Data copy compelted just fine. When I try to delete the now empty share it won't it gives me an error.
I also noticed that in the Shares list it says it's consuming 16777216.0 TB. Which is not possible. I can't afford that much storage!! LOL
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