Recovering a full NAS for an Osborne Park design firm — without new hardware
A design firm's NAS suddenly filled up and started disrupting day-to-day operations. We cleared accumulated deleted items to recover capacity immediately, then right-sized an over-long backup retention policy to prevent a repeat — with no hardware expansion.
Immediate
Storage capacity recovered
90→60 days
Backup retention reduced
$0
New hardware required
The challenge
A design firm in Osborne Park contacted us when their NAS storage suddenly filled up and began affecting day-to-day operations. For a creative business working with large design files, a NAS running out of space brings saving, sharing and project work to a halt — so they needed capacity restored quickly, and the underlying cause found so it would not happen again.
What we did
We investigated the NAS and found that deleted items were accumulating in the recycle area and quietly consuming a large amount of storage. Clearing out those deleted items immediately freed up space and restored capacity. Looking further, we found the backup jobs were retaining data for longer than the business needed, so we reduced the backup retention period from 90 days to 60 days — lowering the storage footprint and creating ongoing headroom.
The outcome
Clearing the accumulated deleted items recovered storage straight away, and right-sizing backup retention from 90 to 60 days cut the ongoing storage footprint and helped prevent the NAS from filling up again. The firm regained reliable capacity and improved storage efficiency without needing to buy or expand any hardware.
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