NETGEAR is aware of a growing number of phone and online scams. To learn how to stay safe click here.
Forum Discussion
Snapshots are taking over all the space on my NAS
My snapshots are taking over all the free space on my system. I get a message that says "Less than 10% of volume data's capacity is free. Performance on volume data is degraded. To improve perf...
One answer is to turn them off on shares that see a lot of "churn" - a lot files that are rewritten ora lot of temporary files that are deleted. It's generally a bad idea to enable snapshots on a share that's used for torrent downloads, or one which holds a live SQL database that is always being updated.
Custom snapshots give you more control over retention, so you can also use those.
NETGEAR Academy
Boost your skills with the Netgear Academy - Get trained, certified and stay ahead with the latest Netgear technology!
Join Us!
