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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 and Date. From a top level view, 'Size and 'Date' are blank for all my shares.
Going one level down i.e. click on a share name, the size is still blank but the date field is now populated.
What am i missing?
When using the list view, there are 4 columns;Name, Type, Size and Date. From a top level view, 'Size and 'Date' are blank for all my shares.
Going one level down i.e. click on a share name, the size is still blank but the date field is now populated.
What am i missing?
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- Interesting insight
- It's been requested before, so I don't think you need to post it again. Though you can if you like of course.
This sounds simple, but with btrfs file systems it actually isn't. With CoW, data blocks are shared between multiple folders. The way the NAS is structured that is limited to folders and their snapshots, but the file system isn't limited to only that structure. So even defining what the folder size means isn't that simple for btrfs generally.
For the normal OS6 share structure, the feature can be provided, but it relies on the btrfs quota package - last time I heard that was still viewed as experimental. Hopefully Netgear will add it as soon as it is fully stable. - Thanks for the response.
Seems a bit strange that the field is there is the list view when it will never be populated in the current firmware version.
Do i need to post this request in the feature request section? - This is not possible in the current firmware.
We will certainly consider if there is a way to implement this in a future release.
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