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Hommer
Aged Yak Warrior
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Posted - 03/08/2013 : 10:59:35
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Hi,
Someone please help me figure this out.
On my reporting server, I noticed one of the drive's free space down to 2.83 GB today from 8.83 GB two days ago.
This is a 40 GB drive where weekly backup files reside. however, last fullbackup was from 3/5/13, so no new one added between this two dates.
Used space = 37.1 GB, but my data folder is only 31 GB.
I saw a System Volumn Information folder with yesterday's date as date modified. However, its size is 0 in its property.
And the only other foler is $recycle.bin of 23 MB.
I am in the process of getting some help from out network team but am curious to find it out on my own.
Oh, this is a VM server running win server 2008 R2 datacenter SP1.
Thanks!
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chadmat
The Chadinator
USA
1951 Posts |
Posted - 03/09/2013 : 17:28:14
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Is your log on this drive?
-Chad |
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Hommer
Aged Yak Warrior
693 Posts |
Posted - 03/11/2013 : 11:17:46
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No, both the data and tlog are on another drive.
And the system admin took a brief look, said you might have a phantom space somewhere, and added 40 GB to the drive.
But I don't like the idea of not knowing what ate up the space. |
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robvolk
Most Valuable Yak
USA
15557 Posts |
Posted - 03/11/2013 : 11:31:01
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Is the paging file on that drive, and is it dynamically managed? Did you do any software installs that created a restore point?
Check online for TreeSize, SpaceSniffer, and similar utilities that show you the size of folders on disk, you should be able to find a sneaky large file if it's out there. |
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ahmeds08
Constraint Violating Yak Guru
India
423 Posts |
Posted - 03/12/2013 : 00:52:47
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| check if there are any hidden files on the drive. |
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Bustaz Kool
Flowing Fount of Yak Knowledge
USA
1429 Posts |
Posted - 03/12/2013 : 18:57:28
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Recycle Bin?
================================================= There are two kinds of light -- the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures. -James Thurber |
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Hommer
Aged Yak Warrior
693 Posts |
Posted - 03/13/2013 : 16:04:39
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Recycle bin is also size = 0.
quote: Originally posted by Bustaz Kool
Recycle Bin?
================================================= There are two kinds of light -- the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures. -James Thurber
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