Depends on how long the snapshot was active and the data change rate of the 
server. That is why snapshots can be very dangerous.

- Sean

On Jan 20, 2012, at 4:10 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr <[email protected]> 
wrote:

> Its my understanding that this would be an indication of utilizing snapshots 
> in an very inappropriate fashion - although I still cant fathom how you could 
> get it *that* big.
> 
> --
> Espi
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> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 5:05 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> Pretty big?  That seem absolutely huge to me.  Why would a snapshot be that 
> big?
> 
> --
> Espi
> 
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> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 3:01 PM, Heaton, Joseph@DFG <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 300GB is a pretty big snapshot.
> 
> Joe Heaton
> ITB - Windows Server Support
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Humphries [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 1:47 PM
> To: Heaton, Joseph@DFG; NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: did i screw up? need to fix fast.
> 
> Almost 300 gig.
> 
> [email protected] wrote:
> > Deleting snapshops can take awhile, especially if they're large. How
> > big was your snapshot?
> >
> >
> > Original Message:
> > -----------------
> > From: Bill Humphries [email protected]
> > Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:02:57 -0500
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: did i screw up? need to fix fast.
> >
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have a client running SBS 2011 on esxi 5 (free).  The VMstopped
> > running and i got this error message:
> >
> > Message from esxi..company.local There is no more space for virtual
> > disk fezzik-000001.vmdk.
> > You might be able to continue this session by freeing disk space on
> > the relevant volume, and clicking Retry. Click Cancel to terminate
> > this session.
> >
> >
> > I clicked retry and it didn't work.  I then clicked cancel and went to
> > delete the only existing snapshot to fee up space.  Now I see no
> > options available under the power menu.  the snapshot as been deleting
> > for 20 minutes and is at 80% now.
> >
> > I really need to get this machine back up quickly.  Thanks for any help.
> >
> > Bill
> >
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