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Size of files/folders vs "size on disk" MASSIVELY different?
Hi there, I'm on my NVX via a windows 8.1 machine, just going through some image folders and tidying up a little, when I realised there is a simply massive disparity between the "size" and the "size o...
- I ran again the volume consistency check manually and it found volume scan was needed, so rebooted with the vol scan, it reported fixed problems...re-ran the scrub - that finished good in approx 7hrs. Problem still there on file count....so I installed TreeSize Pro - to find out in the 100+ folders - which one tripped the size, and low & behold - found the single file showing 16TB in size (yes, impossible on a NAS with only 2.6TB). It was a quickbooks file. Zero clue how, but I opened the file, backed it up, resaved and now the file size reports normal at 58mb. Whew!!! TG for treesize pro finding exactly what file. The wonders of why or how this can happen, but guess any corrupt file can produce strange results.
I am sure CP now will be happy I am not trying to push 17.1TB of data ...thru our unlimited data plan. :)
This is only the one share of a half dozen I have the issue with, and with the -snap folder of this share also having the same issue - is it possible a folder inside the share can do this? If so, that will be next to impossible to figure out. :)
If CP does not use Samba to get its directory info, then this does seem to be beyond a windows thing (as evidenced I get the same result from Win7 as I so 2003 server file explorer).
I ran the online consistency check - that came up clean. Although I ran the disk scrub with auto parity fix , after about 3hrs - it bombed at 64%. In checking SMART, 3 of the 5 drives show 2 reallocated sectors...not horrible - but wonder if that may be it.
If CP does not use Samba to get its directory info, then this does seem to be beyond a windows thing (as evidenced I get the same result from Win7 as I so 2003 server file explorer).
I ran the online consistency check - that came up clean. Although I ran the disk scrub with auto parity fix , after about 3hrs - it bombed at 64%. In checking SMART, 3 of the 5 drives show 2 reallocated sectors...not horrible - but wonder if that may be it.
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