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Based on other threads I believe more people are experiencing this problem: ghost snapshots that you can't delete from the UI.
Looks like Netgear hasn't been doing proper QC / regression of the latest firmware running on older models?... (if someone from Netgear read this I would really appreciate an answer).
Any ideas on how can I get rid of the snapshots that are consuming one third of my NAS capacity?
[2013/10/18 02:44:22] Factory default initiated by button!
[2013/10/18 02:44:25] Defaulting to X-RAID2 mode, RAID level 1
[2013/10/18 02:44:48] Factory default initiated on ReadyNASOS .
[2013/10/17 19:26:17] Updated from ReadyNASOS 6.0.0 to 6.1.3.
[2013/11/01 18:50:02] Updated from ReadyNASOS 6.1.3 to 6.1.4.
[2014/03/07 17:06:53] Updated from ReadyNASOS 6.1.4 to 6.1.4.
[2014/03/25 14:43:45] Updated from ReadyNASOS 6.1.4 to 6.1.6.
[2014/04/16 17:27:27] Updated from ReadyNASOS 6.1.6 (1391111179) to 6.1.7 (1396977042).
[2014/06/10 19:08:56] Updated from ReadyNASOS 6.1.7 (1396977042) to 6.1.8 (1398980083).
[2015/06/15 17:55:12] Updated from ReadyNASOS 6.1.8 () to 6.2.4 (ReadyNASOS).
[2015/11/13 15:32:15] Could not find update image!
[2015/12/05 23:40:55] Updated from ReadyNASOS 6.2.4 (ReadyNASOS) to 6.4.1 (ReadyNASOS).
[2017/04/15 05:13:37] Updated from ReadyNASOS 6.4.1 (ReadyNASOS) to 6.5.2 (ReadyNASOS).
[2017/04/22 04:52:57] Updated from ReadyNASOS 6.5.2 (ReadyNASOS) to 6.6.1 (ReadyNASOS).
[2018/03/10 00:58:37 UTC] Updated from ReadyNASOS 6.6.1 (ReadyNASOS) to 6.9.2 (ReadyNASOS).
There was a one-off upgrade to the snapshots when updating from pre-6.2.x to 6.2.x (or later) firmware. This didn't take place on your system.
I've now manually deleted all those old snapshots and have rebooted the system.
[2013/10/18 02:44:22] Factory default initiated by button!
[2013/10/18 02:44:25] Defaulting to X-RAID2 mode, RAID level 1
[2013/10/18 02:44:48] Factory default initiated on ReadyNASOS .
[2013/10/17 19:26:17] Updated from ReadyNASOS 6.0.0 to 6.1.3.
[2013/11/01 18:50:02] Updated from ReadyNASOS 6.1.3 to 6.1.4.
[2014/03/07 17:06:53] Updated from ReadyNASOS 6.1.4 to 6.1.4.
[2014/03/25 14:43:45] Updated from ReadyNASOS 6.1.4 to 6.1.6.
[2014/04/16 17:27:27] Updated from ReadyNASOS 6.1.6 (1391111179) to 6.1.7 (1396977042).
[2014/06/10 19:08:56] Updated from ReadyNASOS 6.1.7 (1396977042) to 6.1.8 (1398980083).
[2015/06/15 17:55:12] Updated from ReadyNASOS 6.1.8 () to 6.2.4 (ReadyNASOS).
[2015/11/13 15:32:15] Could not find update image!
[2015/12/05 23:40:55] Updated from ReadyNASOS 6.2.4 (ReadyNASOS) to 6.4.1 (ReadyNASOS).
[2017/04/15 05:13:37] Updated from ReadyNASOS 6.4.1 (ReadyNASOS) to 6.5.2 (ReadyNASOS).
[2017/04/22 04:52:57] Updated from ReadyNASOS 6.5.2 (ReadyNASOS) to 6.6.1 (ReadyNASOS).
[2018/03/10 00:58:37 UTC] Updated from ReadyNASOS 6.6.1 (ReadyNASOS) to 6.9.2 (ReadyNASOS).
There was a one-off upgrade to the snapshots when updating from pre-6.2.x to 6.2.x (or later) firmware. This didn't take place on your system.
I've now manually deleted all those old snapshots and have rebooted the system.
Not sure what to make of this, to be honest... I felt quite disapointed when I learned that there wasn't a number I could call given that I bought the NAS in 2013 and didn't want to pay for support. I then realised my only chance was the Community.
Created this thread with very low expectations, to be honest.
Assumed that, with luck, someone (not from NETGEAR) would reply tomorrow if I got lucky.
Turns out NETGEAR actively monitors the community and 'jumped' to help me asap.
In my original text I complained about QC on firmware upgrades but as a software developer I understand that sometimes moving forward requires breaking backwards compatibility.
The thing is: some companies just do it and disregards existing customers. That's clearly not the case with NETGEAR and that really means a lot to me.
