The fact that the server in question has only 2GB of RAM may be problematic in this specific case, but most servers with such large numbers of files will have much more RAM.Įdit #1: I regret to have discovered that, when tested on a 4TB volume containing millions of files, WinDirStat Portable crashed after indexing about 6.5 million files. The standard 32-bit build is limited to 10 million files and 2 GB RAM usage, but the source code will build successfully as a 64-bit application. Click on any item in the visualization and you'll see it in the directory tree. That gives it more memory to work with but I'm not sure if it's going to be enough unless they can persist to disk.ĭefinitely try WinDirStat: it gives a fantastic visualization of disk use by depicting each file as a rectangle drawn to scale, color coded by file type. Update #2: Looks like the developers of WinDirStat got involved enough to tell us that it can compile under 64-bit. This tends to run out much too quickly with 18,501,765 files and 7,142,132 folders. Update #1: The server I am attempting to analyze has 2 GB of RAM and most products that I try seem to try and keep the file/folder information in memory. TreeSize Professional - Skipping due to mention of RAM storage.FolderSizes - Stops at 12 million (3 million folders).SpaceSniffer - Stops at unknown - crash.SpaceMonger - Skipping due to mention of RAM storage.I kept a list of the products I tried below for everyone's information. Attempted Solutionsĭuring my research I tried several different solutions both pay and free. It unfortunately the most expensive of all the products at $259.95 per server. I'm sure this is mostly due to the fact that it uses a SQL backend to store all of the data. Space ObServer was able to read through 18,501,765 files and 7,142,132 folders without taking up hardly any memory.
We've tried several applications and so far they have either blown up or simply ran for an amazing amount of time to complete. Our regular cleanup procedures are not clearing up enough space which means we need to look at this drive as a whole and determine what is out there and what can be moved or removed. It's very difficult to find out where exactly all the space has gone too. It's been filled up with 18,501,765 files (mostly small 19k images) and 7,142,132 folders.
We have a hard disk that is 600 Gigs and nearly full.
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