Raid appears full when it isn't?

Hello,
New to a Middle School site, not experienced with our server setup. We have an xserve running 10.7.5 with two RAIDS. RAID1 holds the home folders for our students. RAID 2 is not being used for anything as far as I can tell.
Finder and the Server App show the RAID1 hard disk as full to capacity (350g). When I explore the drive, though, only 850mb of files show. I see all home folders, but none have files larger than 90mb.
Ran "Disk Inventory X" freeware as suggested from IT department, showing a graphical display of hard disk usage. This displayed the same results. The drive appears full to capacity, but when explored only displays 850mb of data total.
Anyone have similar issues or suggestions? I understand RAID basics, but didn't set this up and I'm not too comfortable diving in without guidance. Thank you.

the flash drive function is totally weird.....you would have to use a long transfer cord to plug into a computer... Why dont you people just get a Flash Drive? You can get a 512 MB at office depot for 5 bucks and a 2GB for 20 bucks and and 8 GB for a measly 35 bucks!!!
No disrespect meant...just pointing it out. Of course I am not protesting you using it as a flash drive if you want to back up YOUR computer. I kind of overlooked that......I only use flash drive for small things like (ahem) "liberating" music from my younger bro's iTunes.
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