Guest barkley bees Posted February 6, 2008 Posted February 6, 2008 Can anyone recommend a good file management tool that can find duplicate files, show graphical and numerical display of file distributions on a volume and produce reports for these? So far the only tools I have found that can do this are: SpaceObServer - http://www.jam-software.com/spaceobserver/index.shtml TreeSize - http://www.jam-software.com/treesize/index.shtml and while these are relatively good tools I am curious to know what other options there are in this area. Surely this cannot be the only software that does this type in the industry. We have a couple of multi-terrabyte storage areas and we need some way to get an idea of how the data is distribute among these volumes (file types, size, date, etc). Appreciate any advice.
Guest Brains,None Posted February 6, 2008 Posted February 6, 2008 Re: Duplicate files and disk space management? amazing.. i'm running one right now... called CT.EXE, and it can parse entire directory trees... meant for ensuring a CD burn went ok.. it's command line, and always will be, tho.. it can work if the dirs and files have the same names... now... if you're looking for same files and different names....... well... I'd like to know also!!! j. barkley bees wrote: > Can anyone recommend a good file management tool that can find duplicate > files, show graphical and numerical display of file distributions on a > volume and produce reports for these? > > So far the only tools I have found that can do this are: > > SpaceObServer - http://www.jam-software.com/spaceobserver/index.shtml > TreeSize - http://www.jam-software.com/treesize/index.shtml > > and while these are relatively good tools I am curious to know what other > options there are in this area. Surely this cannot be the only software that > does this type in the industry. > > We have a couple of multi-terrabyte storage areas and we need some way to > get an idea of how the data is distribute among these volumes (file types, > size, date, etc). Appreciate any advice. > >
Guest Brains,None Posted February 11, 2008 Posted February 11, 2008 Re: Duplicate files and disk space management? One clarification... it works better under XP as a client, instead of on the server... no, it won't do anything, but something about memory, or somesuch. never really looked into it that much.. Brains,None wrote: > amazing.. i'm running one right now... called CT.EXE, and it can parse > entire directory trees... meant for ensuring a CD burn went ok.. > > it's command line, and always will be, tho.. it can work if the dirs and > files have the same names... now... if you're looking for same files and > different names....... well... I'd like to know also!!! > > j. > > barkley bees wrote: >> Can anyone recommend a good file management tool that can find >> duplicate files, show graphical and numerical display of file >> distributions on a volume and produce reports for these? >> >> So far the only tools I have found that can do this are: >> >> SpaceObServer - http://www.jam-software.com/spaceobserver/index.shtml >> TreeSize - http://www.jam-software.com/treesize/index.shtml >> >> and while these are relatively good tools I am curious to know what >> other options there are in this area. Surely this cannot be the only >> software that does this type in the industry. >> >> We have a couple of multi-terrabyte storage areas and we need some way >> to get an idea of how the data is distribute among these volumes (file >> types, size, date, etc). Appreciate any advice. >> >>
Guest Jon Posted February 12, 2008 Posted February 12, 2008 Re: Duplicate files and disk space management? The absolute best tool I have found for disk space usage is windirstat - http://windirstat.info - free download. There are also some new tools in Windows 2003 Server RC 2 that can help with file management, including locating duplicate files. Check out the File Server Resource Manager http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/R2/storage/default.mspx Regards Jon > > barkley bees wrote: > >> Can anyone recommend a good file management tool that can find > >> duplicate files, show graphical and numerical display of file > >> distributions on a volume and produce reports for these? > > >> So far the only tools I have found that can do this are: > > >> SpaceObServer -http://www.jam-software.com/spaceobserver/index.shtml > >> TreeSize -http://www.jam-software.com/treesize/index.shtml > > >> and while these are relatively good tools I am curious to know what > >> other options there are in this area. Surely this cannot be the only > >> software that does this type in the industry. > > >> We have a couple of multi-terrabyte storage areas and we need some way > >> to get an idea of how the data is distribute among these volumes (file > >> types, size, date, etc). Appreciate any advice.
Guest john2002 Posted March 17, 2008 Posted March 17, 2008 RE: Duplicate files and disk space management? Try Duplicate Finder this very good tool to find and eliminate true duplicate files. Duplicate Finder search duplicates using byte by byte or crc32 to give you most accurate and faster results. I really like Duplicate Finder. An especially nice touch was when it told me that I was deleting all copies of a file. I tried a few other duplicate file finders and hated them. Good interface with lots of features. Try it free: http://www.ashisoft.com "barkley bees" wrote: > Can anyone recommend a good file management tool that can find duplicate > files, show graphical and numerical display of file distributions on a > volume and produce reports for these? > > So far the only tools I have found that can do this are: > > SpaceObServer - http://www.jam-software.com/spaceobserver/index.shtml > TreeSize - http://www.jam-software.com/treesize/index.shtml > > and while these are relatively good tools I am curious to know what other > options there are in this area. Surely this cannot be the only software that > does this type in the industry. > > We have a couple of multi-terrabyte storage areas and we need some way to > get an idea of how the data is distribute among these volumes (file types, > size, date, etc). Appreciate any advice. > > >
Guest Allan Posted June 27, 2008 Posted June 27, 2008 Try Directory Report Try Directory Report I use Directory Report to find my duplicate files and to manage my files http://www.file-utilities.com/downloads/wdir.zip It can find duplicate files based on same name, size, CRC (32 bit hash) and/or comparing byte by byte I have tested it on servers containing hundreds of thousands of files It looks just like the MS-Explorer: PLUS It shows the size of each directory Since the sorting order is by size decreasing, you can quickly drill down to the directories that are using all of your space It can also report on all total files used per user Thus you can find out WHO is using all of your space
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