NAS Backup - Explanation Needed
Apr 10, 2016 09:59:28 #
Dngallagher wrote:
Could the discrepancy be simply that the cluster size on the NAS backup is different from what Windoze knows about so looking at property in Windoze will always report incorrectly based on the cluster size used by the NAS?
This is closest to the explanation.
First, most people here seem to be missing the point that there is clearly NOT 24 TB on the NAS.
Basically, the NAS is lying to Windows about it's cluster size. Probably because it's using a completely different formatting. Remember, the NAS isn't just a big hard disk; it's a separate computer which is pretending to be a big hard disk (while managing disk mirroring and/or striping in the background)
Apr 10, 2016 10:49:05 #
JamesCurran wrote:
This is closest to the explanation.
First, most people here seem to be missing the point that there is clearly NOT 24 TB on the NAS.
Basically, the NAS is lying to Windows about it's cluster size. Probably because it's using a completely different formatting. Remember, the NAS isn't just a big hard disk; it's a separate computer which is pretending to be a big hard disk (while managing disk mirroring and/or striping in the background)
First, most people here seem to be missing the point that there is clearly NOT 24 TB on the NAS.
Basically, the NAS is lying to Windows about it's cluster size. Probably because it's using a completely different formatting. Remember, the NAS isn't just a big hard disk; it's a separate computer which is pretending to be a big hard disk (while managing disk mirroring and/or striping in the background)
Exactly. The NAS device is running its own file system, which may or may not be NTFS, and the cluster or block size can be anything they (or in some cases the user) chooses.
Apr 10, 2016 15:54:27 #
JoeBiker
Loc: homebase: Houston, TX
Along that same lines, while running a stress test, The resource monitor says that I am using 1503733546% of my CPU. Wow, no wonder my Power Supply blew up!
(But, I think Windows is just lying).
(But, I think Windows is just lying).
CPU Usage
Apr 10, 2016 16:57:49 #
jerryc41, I would first check with the NAS manufactures web site and see if they have an excuse or explanation for that value. Otherwise two other possibilities come to mind. Is the drive set for data compression? That 23.3 TB could be compressed space available. Is your NAS on a larger network with other NAS drives attached, the software could be seeing all the attached drives. Let us know what you have discovered about this.
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