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tieke

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#304667 26-May-2023 16:34
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A question for those with more knowledge than me about Synology NAS (not hard, given my limited use).
I set up a 12TB dual raid Synology DS220J as a back up solution a year or so ago (currently running DSM 7.1.1). 
I figured that would be enough space given that I'm only backing up about 6TB of data from several computers, which also allows for a bit of versioning.

 

However I've been getting drive warnings that the system is almost full. I tried discarding versioning, although as I previously was only keeping a second version for 60 days max, I didn't think that would affect things much, and I was right the space used barely changed.

 

I'm just baffled as to what is using this space: Storage Manager shows 9.2TB/10.8TB used, thus the warnings,
but the Synology Drive Admin Console agrees with my estimate by showing that the file versions are less than 5TB, and I installed Storage Analyzer, which agrees with the Drive Admin Console by showing <5TB used.

 

So how do I find out what is using the rest of the space?

 


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  #3079869 26-May-2023 18:30
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Recycling bin? do you have a scheduled task to delete files in the recycle bin? do you have any sort or retention policy on it? i have mine set to 14 days.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HgRFWMU7yM 

 

Snapshots? do you have snapshots setup on drives? have you recently cleared files? again the retention policy on these will need to expire before you will get space back if you have deleted anything

 

 

 

i recently found out the recycling bin, and not emptying it and got about 7TB back as i went through and cleared out a lot of double ups on my backups.


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