The VBScript Network and Systems Administrator's Cafe » spacemonger http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/vbscript-systems-administrator Tue, 11 Oct 2011 18:36:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Essential tools: Treesize another disk free space utility with a powerful punch– and a low low price tag http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/vbscript-systems-administrator/essential-tools-treesize-another-disk-free-space-utility-with-a-powerful-punch-and-a-low-low-price-tag/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/vbscript-systems-administrator/essential-tools-treesize-another-disk-free-space-utility-with-a-powerful-punch-and-a-low-low-price-tag/#comments Thu, 07 May 2009 14:39:56 +0000 Jerry Lees http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/vbscript-systems-administrator/?p=75 This essential tool came to me as a comment submission some time back on another essential tool post I made, for SpaceMonger. The two tools display the same type data a litte differently, but depending on how you look at it you may prefer one over te other.

A big thanks to Eva007 for commenting on my previous post and sharing a truely great tool, Treesize with all of us! It offers some great features, including a no frill interface that lets you find which folders on a disk are using the most space. A truely essential tool when you administer a server and need to free up space on a drive.

Enjoy!

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 This tool won’t help you delete files, but it will tell you really quickly where exactly the space is being used for any particular volume… even if it is a UNC path on your network mapped to a network drive!

This tool, spacemonger, is a tool that will show you this in a visual representation by size where space is being used. It allows you to drill down into directories to see more detail and gives you shortcuts via a context menu to common tasks you would preform on a directory.

SpaceMonger truly is an essential tool. The 1.x version I’ve linked to is older, but free and it gets the job done. Additionally, a newer version is available that has more features and is relatively cheap. Go ahead, check it out… I’m sure you’ll add it to your essential tools!

Know of a tool that you think is essential? Post a comment here and if I don’t already have it in my tool belt, I’ll add it and give it a shot. If it makes the grade– I’ll add it to the list of tools to review. The only criteria are:

  1. The tool must be free, or inexpensive with a “Per User” or “site” type license. (No pay per installation licenses, please)
  2. The tool (or it’s installation file) must be small enough to fit on a 256Mb flash drive for portability.
  3. Command line run time options are beneficial, but not required.
  4. If it has ads… it needs be truly INVALUABLE.
  5. It should make the user’s job easier by gathering information or preforming a task that a typical Network or Systems Administrator would preform.

Enjoy!

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