I have the latest RaiDrive installed under Windows 11 Professional (version 2023.9.256). I have an SFTP server mounted as drive E:. Is there a way to see used space under RaiDrive. It works for pCloud but not SFTP.
Also, I can only post to this forum. I am unable to post to any others. I purchased a license awhile back but can only post to this forum.
Hi @Dryst .
SFTP cannot measure disk space accurately like other drives.
Typically, on systems such as Linux, disks are allocated on a folder-by-folder basis.
It is impossible to match the allocation information of these complex disks to Windows systems.
Also, some servers do not support disk information.
For these reasons, RaiDrive does not provide disk space information in SFTP and sets it to the maximum size.
Thank you.
RaiDrive Support.
This is interesting, because I mounted my SFTP server using sshfs to /mnt/sftp. After mounting it, I am able to type:
df -H
It shows the following:
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
user@sftp.server.com:/sftp/Music 7.7T 1.9T 5.5T 26% /mnt/sftp
It looks like it is possible to determine available space. Perhaps reviewing the source code can share how it is done.
Hi, @Dryst
Thanks for the information.
If the SFTP server had only one mount point, it would be very easy.
However, some SFTP servers do not provide capacity information.
And some servers have many mount points.
In the case of servers with many mount points, not just one mount point, it is difficult to determine which mount point to set the capacity based on.
For example, if there is a / point with a large capacity and a mount point such as /home with a small capacity,
if the capacity information is set based on /, Windows will feel that there is no problem when uploading to the /home folder in the Windows file system,
but the actual upload will fail due to insufficient capacity remotely.
On the other hand, if the pound point with a small capacity is set based on it, the Windows file system will fail in advance due to insufficient capacity.
When the capacity of all mount points is added together, it often exceeds the actual allocated capacity.
We have tested on various Linux servers and NAS, and have determined that it is realistically difficult to provide capacity information that fits all situations.
If you still want capacity information, please let me know again.
Thank you,
RaiDrive Support
Thank you for responding. I am seeing now that the df command my server supports is an extension of OpenSSH that I am using. Not all servers support it, and it would not be generally available for all to use. With this being the case, I understand your reasoning for not making it available.
I will simply continue connecting to monitor free space status and will not need this changed.
Thank you!