
The data storage on Novell servers is promoted using sub-allocated hard drive volumes. The sub-allocated volume is a new characteristic and has been applied on Netware 4.x in order to overcome the wasted disk space problem.
Sub-allocated Novell volumes are quiet different from regular volumes because these are more of a ‘virtual’ volume- the volume which is not visible, but stays nevertheless- and it is what makes the issue » Read more: Novell Data Recovery From Sub-allocated Volumes
