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The workspace properties displays the disk space that is
currently allocated to that workspace. Groove periodically deletes data that is
no longer needed. To maintain workspace integrity, Groove retains the data that
members remove from the workspace on a disk until it has received
acknowledgement that every member of the workspace has received the changes.
For example, if you delete files from the Files Tool, or you remove a tool,
Groove will save this data on a disk.
For example, if you are in a workspace with two other members, and these members are both online in Groove, and you delete data from a Groove workspace, both members would receive the deletions.
Note For processing and network efficiency, these deletions are
grouped. Therefore, there are typically some deletions waiting for a batch to
be completed. If you have large deletions waiting for a scheduled deletion, more
space activity may resolve the problem.
If you are in a workspace
with two other members, and one or both of the members is offline, you will not
reclaim the disk space until after both members have come back online and
processed the deletion.
If a member does not come online for three
weeks, Groove generates a synchronization alert. When a workspace manager
acknowledges the alert by uninviting the member, Groove deletes any data that
was waiting to be sent to that member. For more information, visit the
following Web site:
If you archive the workspace, the unsynchronized data is
included. However, the duplicates of active data that are used in the workspace
to help protect data integrity are not included. Therefore, the archive will be
typically smaller than the unarchived space.
Sometimes, it may be
most efficient to create a new workspace with only the active members. This
makes sure that only the latest files are added to the space. To do this,
create a new workspace and copy data into this workspace. Do not use the Create
Copy of Space function. This will cause the deleted files to be copied
over into the log of the new workspace.
When you delete a workspace,
all the disk space that the workspace was using is released. This behavior
occurs immediately or the next time that you start Groove.
Note This process had many failure points in shared workspaces that were
created by using Groove 1.0x versions. If you have a shared workspace that was created in a version
before Groove 1.1, we recommend that you migrate the data to a new workspace.
For more information about how to migrate workspace data, click the following
article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
915573
How to migrate data from an older Groove workspace to a new workspace