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tools to track disk or folder used space

  • December 5, 2012 at 11:10 am

    #267279

    I would like to know the size increase rate of a disk drive that stores database backups.

    I have overheard from some network people they have a tool to check that, for example to find out in last year- each month what is the size increase of the drive/folder.

    Anyone knows what the tool is?

    Thanks

  • December 6, 2012 at 3:11 am

    #1566061

    You could just query the backupset table and get the space of the backups that way, unless the drive/folders also store none backup files.

  • December 6, 2012 at 7:02 am

    #1566153

    Couldn't monitoring tools such as SCOM accomplish what you are trying to do?

    Joie Andrew
    "Since 1982"

  • December 6, 2012 at 2:17 pm

    #1566354

    We capture size a different way, however you can use backup_size in backupset, write to a dim/fact table and build a cube off of. Then drop in an excel pivot table to drive a nice chart showing growth over time..

    Regards,

    Chris

    mssqlconsulting.com

    Chris Becker bcsdata.net

  • December 7, 2012 at 6:58 am

    #1566598

    I found this software back in the summer. Has a 15 day free trial. I installed it for testing and it was nice. You can see if it will do what you are wanting.

    http://www.foldersizes.com/index.htm

    (I have no affiliation with the software company.)

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