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Wonder84lalala · Oct 30, 2006, 07:53 AM

Hi,

I would like to have a tool that can sort all the different types of data in a file system. For example:

Filesytem1
1 year old 3 years old
Powerpoint 10% 50%
Microsoft Word.. .
Excel.. .
MP3.. .

Additional information include: How old was the file? Who were the 10 users? Which user used the most space? What kind of files contain the most space? Thank you your feedback.

Curlyben · Oct 30, 2006, 08:11 AM

I must ask WHY??
This is something beancounters are interested in not techies!!

Wonder84lalala · Oct 31, 2006, 08:49 AM

Since we have many filesystems and there are at least hundred / thousands of files in each filesystem, so we hope to sort these files and keep track of our users usage space. I did research on Quotas, but it doesn't has the capability that we wanted. Any advice? Thanks.

ScottGem · Oct 31, 2006, 09:46 AM

Define File System??

In technical terms a file system is an electronic database that defines what files are located where on a disk so the OS can find then when retreived. The Filesystem also stores additional info like name, creation date, modified date, and file size.

It sounds like you are talking about either a document manager or a file/archival tracking system. So if you give us more detail about what you need we can help further.

Wonder84lalala · Nov 1, 2006, 08:15 AM

Scott,

Thanks for the info, and you are correct that I want a "document manager or a file/archival tracking system" to manage/sort these files using the database from the Filesystem. For example:

Filesystem1

FileType Name CreateDate ModeiftedData FileSize
Powerpoint
Miscosoft Word
Excel
MP3
etc...

Additional info include: top 10 users? Percentage of usage space? Thanks.

ScottGem · Nov 1, 2006, 08:42 AM

So which do you want? The two are different things. You still didn't define what you mean by filesystem.

It looks like you are looking more for a document manager. From what you said, it looks like you want to track electronic files. So do a WEB search on document management software. There are loads of them.

Wonder84lalala · Nov 1, 2006, 01:06 PM

I want a tool that can look at a 50 Gigabytes filesystem and return last access date and sort file extension.

ScottGem · Nov 1, 2006, 01:15 PM

I have asked you several times to define File System and you have yet to do so. If you want help you have to give us some info to help with.

Curlyben · Nov 1, 2006, 01:33 PM

Try these links
Google is really easy to use, maybe worth a try ;)