Guidance Requested - Pool Filled Up

[ChrisNAS]

Hello,

So I had a pool that was getting short on space (like half TB or so left) and I enabled windows to backup, and between that and another person in house, pool got filled up. I have new drives on the way... but, I'm concerned that I need to do something here now.

I'm trying to delete things to make more space. Deletes going slow on directories.

I figure I should turn off snapshots to stop writes.

Is there any issue with deleting a bunch of stuff right now?

 

[Jailer]

Is there any issue with deleting a bunch of stuff right now?

If you can, no there is no issue. With a completely full pool you'll likely not be able to do that and may have to try and truncate some files to get your pool functional again.

 

[ChrisNAS]

Thank you for your reply.

I have managed to delete files. At least it appears so. Under storage, volumes, parent says 96%. But all the datasets within say 100% and 0 available. In windows also says 0 available.

I just ordered 2 more drives which amazon says will be here today since I can't wait till other drives get here. Hopefully I'll be able to get those in and copy everything over.

2 Questions:

- How do I get FN to refresh available space or how do I view what is actually available?
- Is there any risk in shutting server down to add drives and start back up with the current full situation? Should I try to copy some of the files I don't yet have backed up to another local drive?