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by rachael.henderson

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Hello,

I've started noticing something strange on one of our servers.
I've been keeping an eye on our server disk space as we are waiting approval for some new server/s hardware...
After i've moved specific user's My Music & My Pictures (which were taking up over 1G), and have put them on my local computer (which is not a server), when checking the properties of that specific user on the server the folder size remains the same as before i moved their docs.
I have checked every folder in their Users folder and can only see work related docs - no music, no pics.
This is only happening with some users - i'd be greatful for any suggestions as where i go from here..

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by older mycroft

What OS is running on these 'servers'?
What hardware is it running on?

Have you examined the content of the offending directories actually on the server?

If 1GB is 'big' then how small is the server? ([i]I have 50GB of music on one of the hard drives on my home PC[/i])

by rachael.henderson

Windows Server 2003 (standard)SP2;
Our data drive is 48G which needs to support 50-100 Users folders & profiles, as well as company data.
I realise 1G isn't really considered 'big' today, but when there's down to 800M free on our data drive, 1G of users' personal data becomes huge. (We need to wait until March for approval for new servers).
So when i've moved 1.25g of music & photos from a users folder to another drive, then check the folder properties of their My Docs and it still shows 1.25g, i don't know where it is.
Yes i have checked several times the contents of the users folder on the server; all they have are 50-300kb files; no music or pics.
Its as if the server just isn't releasing the space i've freed up...

by older mycroft

It is not uncommon for a program to create a folder and allocate a predefined size to it.

Whether it is filling up or emptied, the byte-count remains the same. You'll have to ask the user what 3rd-party programs they are using, that has generated this predefined directory.

by rob miners

that allows users to store personal information on a file server.

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