Conflicting free space display on SMB share

[WonkoTheSane]

Hi all,

 

this is probably a minor issue, but I've noticed for quite some time

that the free space reported for an SMB share sometimes differs

dramatically between refreshs of said share.

 

See attached screenshots of the same share taken before and after

a refresh/reload of the current directory on the SMB share.

 

Best regards

 

Matthias

[JonathanM]

This can happen when you have a share set to use cache: yes, the space calculation will change depending on whether the share currently has files on the cache pool that will be moved later. After the mover runs and all the files are at their intended destination, the free space of the cache drive will be removed from the calculation.

[WonkoTheSane]

Thanks for your answer.

 

As you can see, the free space and the capacity of the

share differ by several terabytes in each case. Just as a test, I invoked the

mover and checked again after it completed. I'm seeing exacly the same numbers

alternating when refreshing the directory on that share. I've got another share

that also uses the cache disk for new files. There the numbers don't alternate.