Fileserver woes

[TIOAOA]

I'm looking to free up some space on an ageing and creaking 2012 Fileserver.

 

Can someone suggest a program similar to windirstat or treesize that could find and list me large files by type.

 

I suspect the problem is the plethora of films and music the staff brought in for christmas.

[sted]

file server resource manager its built into server 2008+ "just isnt on by default its part of file and print services iirc) you can even use it to stop people saving say mp4's to specific locations

[Areku]

data deduplication. (its a file server role) would help with ongoing space issues.

[penfold]

We use GetFolderSize to get a breakdown of areas which are the worst offenders. We tend to use it to run against Shared drives and it will scan mapped drives. FSRM is good but I tend to use GetfolderSize first to identify the problem areas.

[TIOAOA]

Whilst all these ideas are much appreciated its not really what I am after.

 

I want to be able to list all files by type - (say mp4) on a file share.

[mukz]

We use spacesniffer, haven't used it in a while! But i am pretty sure i used it to search for .mov files.

[penfold]

As @sted suggested - FSRM can do this. Open up FSRM and go to storage Reports Management. Right Click Generate Reports Now>Select Files by Group> Untick All Files and select Selected file Groups. Just select Audio & Video files and then you can run a report against the area you want. You can also do large files etc if needed.