https://community.hpe.com/t5/storevirtual-storage/reclaimable-space/m-p/4811207#M2896 <P>I have a 5.6TB full provisioned drive, with 20 snapshots. The file server shows only 92GB free space remaining. Volume use page on P4000 console shows 22.26TB consumed with 10.72TB reclaimable space.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Is that reclaimable space value correct, seen as the drive is 98% full?. Is that 10.72 recoverable by deleting snapshots or by just switching it to thin provisioned?</P> Sat, 02 Jul 2011 08:58:41 GMT AMP_WSP 2011-07-02T08:58:41Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/storevirtual-storage/reclaimable-space/m-p/4811207#M2896 <P>I have a 5.6TB full provisioned drive, with 20 snapshots. The file server shows only 92GB free space remaining. Volume use page on P4000 console shows 22.26TB consumed with 10.72TB reclaimable space.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Is that reclaimable space value correct, seen as the drive is 98% full?. Is that 10.72 recoverable by deleting snapshots or by just switching it to thin provisioned?</P> Sat, 02 Jul 2011 08:58:41 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/storevirtual-storage/reclaimable-space/m-p/4811207#M2896 AMP_WSP 2011-07-02T08:58:41Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/storevirtual-storage/reclaimable-space/m-p/4818321#M2934 Yes Reclaimable Space is space that can be freed up by switching between Full Provisioned Volume to Thin Provisioned Volume.<BR />Any way the Process is reversible.<BR />That is you can switch your volumes from Full to Thin and if need be back to Full, with no impact on the Host. Fri, 08 Jul 2011 08:02:36 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/storevirtual-storage/reclaimable-space/m-p/4818321#M2934 Jitun 2011-07-08T08:02:36Z