My servers are filling up and I suspect we have the same data in multiple areas of the share - what are the best tools to use to check and report this ????
2006-12-08 01:36:47 · 3 answers · asked by garrydeakin2001 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
These are Windows 2000 servers
2006-12-08 01:47:11 · update #1
John - Can you recommend an application that will do this for me ?
2006-12-08 01:54:37 · update #2
Ebo - I am not looking for a file in particular - I know that some files are in multiple locations but I want something that will scan the entire share and report back to me what is replicated and where
2006-12-08 01:56:17 · update #3
Get a File Integrity Checker. Not only will it search for multiple files it will also search for corrupt and missing files.
John
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2006-12-08 01:42:54 · answer #1 · answered by A+ Certified Professional 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Quite tricky. Assuming your server is running an enterprise grade server operating system such as Linux or Solaris then you can use the "find" and "diff" commands.
Use the "find" command to locate files of the same size, and the diff command to compare them. This way, even if the files have different filenames, you will know if they contain the same data.
If you do find multiple versions of the same file, then consider using symbolic links. This way you only have 1 version of the file, but multiple access points.
2006-12-08 01:43:00 · answer #2 · answered by Linux OS 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd do a system search to see how many times it pops up plus it will give you location
2006-12-08 01:44:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋