psb Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Hi all,I have a HP Proliant server running SBS 2003 R2. I've noticed that space on the hard disk (it's a RAID 1 config) keeps getting smaller. Obviously that's meant to happen if I'm using the space, but i periodically check the size of the mapped drive and it keeps getting smaller... no less than 4-5GB in the last two weeks.It dropped 700mb this morning alone without anything to explain it. A couple of files have been saved totalling about 500kb. but that's it. It's a fairly new set-up. Email is still running by POP on client PCs, so this is only a file sharing (and an application database) tool at present. The application database isn't growing as it's not yet been implemented for use.I have 200gb remaining, but it wont last long if it keeps dropping like this!Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aspenjim Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 (edited) Is the backup or shadow copy eating your HDD space? Edited April 25, 2008 by aspenjim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamt Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Are you saying that the free space, or the total size (free + used) of the volume is decreasing?Are quotas enabled?Have you tried running a disk usage tool like Showman ( http://www.david-taylor.pwp.blueyonder.co....tware/disk.html ) against the volume to see what's being used and where? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psb Posted April 25, 2008 Author Share Posted April 25, 2008 Is the backup or shadow copy eating your HDD space?That's exactly what it is! The server is configured 9by default, it seems) to use 10% of my volume for previous folder versions. It's been creating two copies a day (0700 and 1200) since I started using the server. It's very new, the shadow copy would keep chomping up space until it reached 10%... which it hadn't, which is why it kept dropping. Excellent stuff. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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