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Time Machine Backups Exceed Allocated Space Following USB Drive Addition

check the link below, they may give you a hint of what you want to try to see if something makes a difference.

Generally, I found the hard way that Timemachine is a great backup solution if you’re using attached drives as a destination, but for network drives, it’s pretty unreliable.

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