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How to cCheck Size of a share/folder?
I may be missing something very simple here but I can't seem to view the size of a share or any folder via the web admin -> shares menu. When using the list view, there are 4 columns;Name, Type, Size...
Hypothetically, if a file system consisted of one file only, the file being 1GB, this file consumes 1GB of physical disk space.
If a file system consists of more files (usually the case), the same file does not consume 1GB of physical disk space (shared blocks).
Thus "size of a single file" really means: the size when the file is copied outside of ReadyNAS OS environment. Adding all files sizes within a folder, and showing the result as folder/share size would simply follow already adopted logic: this is the size of the folder when it is copied outside of ReadyNAS OS environment. Showing size of files and not showing the size of folders is logically inconsistent.
If a file system consists of more files (usually the case), the same file does not consume 1GB of physical disk space (shared blocks).
Thus "size of a single file" really means: the size when the file is copied outside of ReadyNAS OS environment. Adding all files sizes within a folder, and showing the result as folder/share size would simply follow already adopted logic: this is the size of the folder when it is copied outside of ReadyNAS OS environment. Showing size of files and not showing the size of folders is logically inconsistent.
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