This would be my guess as well. There is some sort of duplication going on. If nothing is compressed (and 30GB worth would be a lot), thats the likely explanation of the additional space used.
-- Espi On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 5:23 AM, Joseph L. Casale <[email protected] > wrote: > Junctions? > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Kelsey, John > *Sent:* Tuesday, March 24, 2015 6:23 AM > *To:* '[email protected]' > *Subject:* [NTSysADM] Robocopy Question > > > > Robocopying a drive from a physical Win 2008 (32bit) server to a virtual > Win 2008 R2 Server. > > > > Source drive (dynamic disk) is 500GB with about 150GB free space. > Compression is not turned on. > > > > Destination drive (basic disk) is 500GB, and its empty > > > > Both drives have the same bytes per sector and cluster. > > > > Issue is the robocopy fills the destination drive completely and then > fails with about maybe 30GB to go. Why does the data take more space on > the destination than on the source? Is it because the destination disk is > only a 'basic' disk? > > > > Thanks all and Happy Monday :/ > > > > > > *************************************** > *John C. Kelsey* > > Penn Highlands DuBois > (: 814.375.3073 > 2 : 814.375.4005 > *: [email protected] > *************************************** > > [image: PHH ESig Logo 150dpi] > > > > This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for > the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not > read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed > in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of Penn > Highlands Healthcare or its affiliates.. Warning: Although precautions have > been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, the company > cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that arise from the use > of this email or attachments. > >
