11.0 HP StoreVirtual Storage User Guide (AX696-96275, December 2013)

Options that do not work for freeing up or saving space include the following:
• Deleting files on a file system does not free up space on the SAN volume. For more information,
see “Block systems and file systems” (page 152). For file-level capacity management, use
application or file system-level tools.
• Converting volumes from Network RAID–10 to Network RAID–5 as a way to save space when
the cluster is full or nearly full. If you attempt this, it will cause volumes to hang and the only
fix is to delete volumes. Information about how to best reclaim space in a cluster is presented
in the Advanced tab of the Edit Volume window beginning with version 10.0.
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