server audit software

Ish · 5 Nov 2012 at 10:41

Hi

Is there any software which I can run on our server which will show the file sizes and also when the file was last used in an easy to read format?

I want to free up some space so I need to see what can be archived.

It's for an SBS2008 server.

#Chri5# · 5 Nov 2012 at 13:32

Treesize Free will give you a starting point of the biggest folders. It's also, erm, free

NealR · 5 Nov 2012 at 13:37

#Chri5# said:
Treesize Free will give you a starting point of the biggest folders. It's also, erm, free

+1 Great little program, definitely a keeping on my mem-stick

Antowns · 5 Nov 2012 at 13:45

You could probably write a python script for this, fairly simple to do.

dfarrall · 5 Nov 2012 at 14:23

Antowns said:
You could probably write a python script for this, fairly simple to do.

Why when theres so many great programs already out there..

As above really, good program.

Antowns · 5 Nov 2012 at 15:17

dfarrall said:
Why when theres so many great programs already out there..

As above really, good program.

A python script would have less overheads and could be automated to check dates and sizes against each other and perform tasks against it. Can be more customised. Though I've going out on a whim here to say this as I never really looked at what was available already.

SMN · 5 Nov 2012 at 17:58

JDiskReport is my favorite for finding what is eating my disk space. Great little tool.

ASE001 · 5 Nov 2012 at 19:48

Run this from a PowerShell window as single line.

Get-ChildItem C:\intel -recurse | Select-Object FullName, LastAccessTime,LastWriteTime,Length | export-csv c:\temp\fileage.csv -NoTypeInformation

Just change C:\intel to the path you wish to check and change 'c:\temp\fileage.csv' for the output filename. If want it to display to screen miss off this section '| export-csv c:\temp\fileage.csv -NoTypeInformation'

You can expand on this to display more parameters if you wish?

PS you must have permission to access the folders too!

Ish · 5 Nov 2012 at 21:15

Thanks for the replies but Treesize was ideal for wanted.