We're running Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 on one of our file servers here. As somewhat mentioned in the article, the reports are good but can be misleading. The reports are based on file ownership. If you have quotas set up for your user's home directories and all of the files in the directory are not owned by the user, then the reports don't come out right. We've had cases where users have filled their hard quota, yet the report states that they still have room. It's not perfect, but it came with the OS and does provide quota management and some useful, if not totally accurate, reporting.
-----Original Message----- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 12:07 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Finding a huge file dump from June... Thanks - looks like a good read. On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 21:47, Sean Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > I like the command line options but the file resource reporting features are > a good way to trend utilization. > > http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2006.05.getcontrol.aspx > > - Sean > > > > On Aug 2, 2010, at 8:14 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The other thing that comes to mind is to check the backup logs from >> those dates. I don't know if my minion has set the logs to record >> files backed up, but if they are set that way, I can diff them and see >> what happened. >> >> If they aren't set that way, I'll have to see what kind of impact that >> logging will entail, and make a judgment... >> >> Kurt >> >> On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 17:59, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> In re: [1], either 'du' or 'find' can do what you want. >>> >>> I'm pretty sure that I had a native Windows application called >>> "scanner.exe" that did that too - but I'm unable to locate it right now. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Michael B. Smith >>> Consultant and Exchange MVP >>> http://TheEssentialExchange.com >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] >>> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 8:49 PM >>> To: NT System Admin Issues >>> Subject: Finding a huge file dump from June... >>> >>> All, >>> >>> On our file server we have a single 1.5tb partition - it's on a SAN. >>> Over the course of 4 days recently it went from about 30% free to about >>> 13% free - someone slammed around 200gb onto the file server. >>> >>> I have a general idea of where it might be - there are two top-level >>> directories that are over 200gb each. >>> >>> However, windirstat hasn't been completely helpful, as I can't seem to >>> isolate which files were loaded during those days, and none of the files >>> that I've been looking at were huge - no ISO or VHD files worth mentioning, >>> etc.. >>> >>> I also am pretty confident that there are a *bunch* of duplicate files on >>> those directories. >>> >>> So, I'm looking for a couple of things: >>> >>> 1) A way to get a directory listing that supports a time/date stamp (my >>> choice of atime, mtime or ctime) size and a complete path name for each >>> file/directory on a single line - something like: >>> >>> 2009-01-08 16:12 854,509 >>> K:\Groups\training\On-Site_Special_Training\Customer1.doc >>> >>> I've tried every trick I can think of for the 'dir' command and it won't >>> do what I want, and the 'ls' command from gunuwin32 doesn't seem to want to >>> do this either. Is there a powershell one-liner that can do this for me >>> perhaps? >>> >>> 2) A recommendation for a duplicate file finder - cheap or free would be >>> preferred. >>> >>> Kurt >>> >>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ >>> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >>> >>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >>> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
