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abruz
Feb 02, 2018Aspirant
Scrub, Defrag, Balance: Recommended order ro remedy severely neglected maintenance
ReadyNAS 312 Firmware 6.9.2 2x4TB hard drives ~3.5TB of usable space. ~2TB of data Should leave me ~1.5TB of free space. However, I am at less than 100MB of free space. I've read thro...
- Feb 02, 2018
I think I would run Balance first, Defrag 2nd ans lastly Scrub which usually takes the longest to complete.
The data can be accessed during these, but as you suspect reponse times may be affected
bedlam1
Feb 02, 2018Prodigy
I think I would run Balance first, Defrag 2nd ans lastly Scrub which usually takes the longest to complete.
The data can be accessed during these, but as you suspect reponse times may be affected
abruz
Feb 02, 2018Aspirant
Thanks. I would have blindly done it in the opposite sequence so thanks for the recommendation.
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