Shadowstorage mystery


  1. whs
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       #1

    Shadowstorage mystery


    My shadowstorage service uses far more storage than I have allocated as maximum. Does anybody have an explanation for that
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  2. Posts : 22,814
    W 7 64-bit Ultimate
       #2

    Hello mate.


    I ran into something similar with Vista once, if I remember correctly it had to do with the "needed allocated" space not being large enough for the "maximum" space to be used correctly, does that make any sense?
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  3. whs
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    Not sure Ted. I had allocated more than 3GBs of shadowstorage. That should suffice for about 5 shadows. On the SSD I did not want to give it too much space. I rely much more on my images anyhow. But sometimes shadows are useful to retrieve a mucked up file.

    Anyhow. I resized the shadowstorage with vssadmin and up to now it stays behind the fence. We'll see.
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  4. Posts : 6,618
    W7x64 Pro, SuSe 12.1/** W7 x64 Pro, XP MCE
       #4

    One other factor that will cause shadow copies to use more space is ghosts of old shadow copies, which can be removed in the Device Manager. I don't know that this has anything to do with it going over maximum or not, but a little routine exorcism will keep a tidier house.
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  5. Posts : 22,814
    W 7 64-bit Ultimate
       #5

    Hello Wolfgang


    I do remember that 3GB is the exact same size I had issues with and when I changed to 4GB the issues ceased, I believe that 3GB doesn't divide correctly as does 4GB in the way storage/sectors are counted.

    At 4GB I get between 12 and 14 points; to me almost 2 weeks of System Restore points is plenty; when it's set to auto-create a point once a day.


    Using Method Two in this tutorial.

    System Restore Point : Create at System Startup
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  6. whs
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       #6

    Hi Ted, thanks for the additional input. After I have done a resize, the problem seems to be fixed. If it spikes again, I'll apply your suggested method.
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  7. Posts : 22,814
    W 7 64-bit Ultimate
       #7

    OK mate, do keep me informed.
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