WatchDISK Disk Space Tracker 3.2

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In Brief

Find directories that have grown suddenly, charting disk space usage trends.

Vitals

Posted:	2 Aug 2004
File Size:	2.5MB
License:	45-Day Evaluation
Download:	http://www.poweradmin.com/watchdisk/startdownload.asp?ref=nov
Screenshot:	/coolsolutions/tools/screenshots/screenshot3-1.gif
Home Page:	http://www.poweradmin.com/WatchDISK/index.asp?ref=nov
Publisher:	Power Admin LLC

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Details

The concept behind WatchDISK is simple: Take a snapshot of the sizes of directories (not the content itself, just the sizes) and store that snapshot in a database. Later, take another snapshot. By comparing the snapshots you can quickly see which directories have grown or shrunk. You can see disk space usage trends. You can even be alerted when directories grow (or free space shrinks). In addition, WatchDISK tracks file sizes by extension (so you can very quickly find out how much space .MP3 files are taking on your server volumes).

WatchDISK has been used by administrators for over 11 years.

Short Feature List:

• Save data to the included Access database, or to your own MySQL or a Microsoft SQL Server installation (including the freely available MSDE edition)
• Shows current directory sizes and past directory sizes allowing you to view usage trends
• Automated alerts that warn you when disk space disappears
• Single click graphical reports created in Microsoft Excel
• Command line support
• Data summaries of space used by file type
• Liberal licensing allows administrators to monitor as many directories/servers/users as needed

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Reader Comments

• truly a great tool
• This is good, DiskView is better
• does exactly what I needed
• This is a pretty nice tool. Has already saved me some trouble!
• The idea of creating this programm is very clever. It is unusual but very practical software.
• Wish it had graphical view, but is easy to export to Excel
• We've used watchdisk since the 2.1 days and it has been a good investment for us. The new reports in 3.1 make it an even better product.
• love it!
• Quite useful, especially the UNC support for scanning volumes. Found more than 1 MP3 cache!
• The automated alerts make this a must-have for every sysadmin
• Anytime I change jobs I come back and find watchdisk and install it again--it's that useful
• good program with reports that helps me justify increased capacity spending
• does it's job perfectly! 5 out of 5!
• Very useful!