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Hi Luiz,
Thank you very much for your info! I really appreciate it.
Keep staying healthy!
Takami Chiro
recommend a FIle/folder analysis software for windows file servers
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Takami Chiro
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Hi everyone,
Hope you are all doing well.
I would like to ask if you have used any file/folder analysis programs. Our two file servers have over 15 TB data on it. I would like to do some clean up as some old files been piling here in there. Some could be multi media files, some could be duplicate. By cleaning up, we can save the cost on online backup and local storage...etc. Hope you can recommend one for me.
Thank you for your help in advance.
Takami Chiro
Windows for business | Windows Server | User experience | Other
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Luis Rodriguez 6,226 Reputation points Microsoft Employee2022-05-01T14:31:27.273+00:00 Hello @Takami Chiro
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Luis Rodriguez 6,226 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
2022-05-03T19:50:17.11+00:00 Thank you!
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Luis Rodriguez 6,226 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
2022-04-28T21:47:46.347+00:00 Hello @Takami Chiro
Welcome to Microsoft Q&A Platform.
I would suggest the following tools:
- Disk Clean Up tool: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/file-server/disk-cleanup#:~:text=To%20start%20the%20Disk%20Cleanup,Cleanup%20cleans%20up%20certain%20files
- File Server Resource Manager role: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/fsrm/fsrm-overview
- WinDirStat: https://windirstat.net/
- StarWind Deduplication Analyzer: https://www.starwindsoftware.com/starwind-deduplication-analyzer
You may want to reduce the size of the WinSxS folder:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/clean-up-the-winsxs-folder?view=windows-11I hope this helps!
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