I'm managing some pretty hefty disk arrays that are over 100 TB, and I need to figure out how to identify which data is taking up the most space so I can inform the users about their old files. I've tried WinDirStat, but it seems to struggle with these large arrays and often takes around 20 minutes to analyze. Is there a faster and more efficient tool out there for this kind of disk space visualization?
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TreeSize is a good alternative and tends to be faster than WinDirStat, but keep in mind that it will still take some time to process large arrays. Depending on the size, you might still end up waiting a bit.
It sounds like you need a more granular approach to managing resources. Without strict quotas, some units could take advantage of the system. It's essential to fix that from the ground up rather than just addressing the symptoms later.
It's not as bad as it seems. This is only one research unit producing a lot of data. They really need to take responsibility for their storage. My biggest issue is helping them understand how long it takes to transfer such massive amounts of data! When I recently copied 60 TB over USB-C, it took weeks due to the 7 million files.
ok, thanks!