Free space not showing after delete, recycle bin not enabled

[gtwnrob]

I'm not sure why when I erase files it's not showing the deleted space.

The recycle bin IS NOT enabled from what I can tell.

Any ideas? I've spent hours trying to figure it out.

I've deleted a couple of hundred gigs and it's not showing cleared space, even though the files are gone. Again, the recycle bin IS NOT enabled.

Thanks in advance.

 

[cyberjock]

Ever heard of snapshots?

 

[gtwnrob]

Yes, snapshots are enabled.

Could this be causing the issue? Should I disable them?

 

[gtwnrob]

I have snapshots enabled, every day, for a 2 week lifetime.

I have several systems that I create images of data, every day, and back up to the NAS. I also have it replicating to another drive in case of a failure.

It sounds like from how I have it set up, with snap shots, I wouldn't notice the free space for 2 weeks, is this correct?

 

[cyberjock]

You are correct!

 

[gtwnrob]

Ok awesome! Makes sense!

So if I go and erase some of those snapshots it won't hurt anything I assume.

 

[cyberjock]

You'll lose the ability to roll back to those snapshots.. but yes.

 

[DavidK]

I have a similar issue in that free space is not being seen, however, I do not have snapshots enabled. Recycle is also not enabled. Am I missing a step to free up space?