Home

User Manual - DiskSorter

1. i i 116 49 K 39 92 Last Modified 3 5 Years Ago j 85 19 K 29 19 Last Modified More Than 5 M 15 51 K 5 32 Last Modified 6 12 Month E 13 51 K 4 63 Last Modified 2 3 Years Ago FE 12 65 K 4 34 Last Modified 15 30 Days Ago Mj 10 15 K 3 48 Last Modified 1 2 Years Ago 9 82 Q 3 36 Last Modified 3 6 Months Ago 8 710 2 98 Last Modified 8 14Days Ago 19 78 K 6 78 Other 4 Date 15 Jan 2014 Time 18 39 02 Host flexcore Title File Classification Report 4 Copy To Clipboard amp Print Options Number o Disk Space Usage Per Class Disk Space Usage Per Modification Time Number of Files Per Class Number of Files Per Modification Time The charts dialog provides four different types of charts including the disk space usage per class the number of files per class the disk space usage per category and the number of files per category The disk space usage per category and the number of files per category is displayed according to the currently selected file categorization mode For example if the file categorization mode is set to Categorize Files by Modification Date the charts dialog will include two charts for the primary file classification results and two charts for the second level file categories showing the amount of the used disk space and the number of files for different periods of time
2. Firefox TR lecce x DiskSorter Server SRV2008 Configure gt ft0 E at srv2008 periodic jobs sid bcc7a99fadfad32d39b327440b63f827 ur DiskSorter Server v4 1 24 Home Settings Help About Logout 25 Jun 2012 18 48 59 Configure Periodic Jobs Tools Disable Delete Job Name Status 23 Hours 58 Mins Daily Classification Job Weekly Classification Job 5 Days 17 Hours Disable Delete On the periodic job page enter a unique periodic job name specify the time interval and select one or more file classification commands to execute In order to reduce the CPU load and memory usage on the host DiskSorter Server performs selected file classification operations sequentially one after one while saving reports and executing conditional file classification actions if required gt ftc E amp srv2008 add job sid bcc7a99fadfad32d39b327440b63f827 DiskSorter Server v4 1 24 Home Settings Help About Logout 25 Jun 2012 18 47 18 Add Periodic Job V Enable Periodic Job Daily Classification Job Execute Job Every 24 Hours v At 1200 On Sunday Execute Commands Classify System Disk 7 Classify Data Disks E Classify Backup Disk Classify NAS Server In addition the user is provided with the ability to intentionally slow down file classification operations in order to completely eliminate perfo
3. 13 DiskSorter File Classification One of the most powerful features of DiskSorter is the ability to apply second level file filters to file classification results For example in order to see all files that were modified during the last two days select the Categorize By Modification Time file categorization mode select files that were modified yesterday and today press the right mouse button and select the Apply Selected Filters menu item Oo 2686 4 Classify Pause Stop Analyze Charts Save Up Database M Profiles ae Category Files Default Profile LJ Archive Backup and Disk Image Files 4344 LJ Programs Extensions and Script Files L3 Windows Files LJ Images Pictures and Graphic Files Documents Books and Help Files O Miscellaneous Files L3 Development Files 1 L3 Music and Audio Files Input Directories 83 Unknown Files L3 Temporary Files O Internet Files L3 Movies Clips and Video Files L3 Game Files Layouts Options Space 282 60 GB 24 55 GB 19 55 GB 10 28 GB 5 28 GB 4 38 GB 3 86 GB 3 75 GB 111 GB 746 58 MB 639 77 MB 322 58 MB 3 36 MB T W SEw Help Space 95 6 87 5 48 2 88 1 48 96 1 23 96 1 08 1 05 0 31 0 20 0 17 0 09 55 lt 0 01 95 Satus ue E Categorize Braten Time v LJ Total Dirs 39030 Last Modified 3 5 Years Ago ban id m Total Files 291804 Last Modified 1 2 Ye
4. Documents Books and Help Files 5 34 GB 1 02 nn eee 5 Development Files i 4 88 GB 0 93 3 CA E Unknown Files 1 60 GB 0 31 E DA E Internet Files 741 86 MB 0 14 FA 3 Game Files 623 63 MB 0 12 Temporary Files 522 21 MB 0 10 j Status Value Categorize By File Size Y File Categories 100 Lj 60 Total Files 351657 Huge Files More Than 1 GB 344 06 GB Total Space 523 46 GB Very Large Files 100 MB 1 GB 98 19 GB a Process Time 50 81 Sec Medium Sized Files 100 KB 10 MB 57 86 GB 3 Performance 6921 02 Files Sec Large Files 10 MB 100 MB 19 84 GB 379 3 Errors 0 Small Files 1 KB 100 KB 3 50 GB Tiny Files 1 Byte 1 KB ero Lenath File 1 B a a E E Ready Space 523 46 GB Files 351657 Default File Classification Plugin The first default GUI layout displays large toolbar buttons with descriptive text labels under each button and shows the directories entry and the profiles combo box under the main toolbar BHO Profiles AP Category Space Space amp Default Profile LJ Archive Backup and Disk Image Files 367 43 GB Classify All Disks L3 Movies Clips and Video Files 68 13 GB 13 01 amp Classify NAS Server 4 Programs Extensions and Script Files 24 09 GB 4 60 5 Music and Audio Files 16 31 GB 3 11 9b L3 Images Pictures and Graphic Files 15 10 GB 2 88 L3 Windows Files 12 36 GB 2 36 O Miscellaneous Files 6 41 GB 1 23 LL Do
5. The bottom view of the file classification results dialog includes a list of second level file categories which provides the ability to categorize file classification results by the file extension file size user name last access modification and creation dates In order to change the second level file categories click on the file categories combo box and select an appropriate results categorization mode 46 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd One of the most powerful capabilities of DiskSorter is the ability to categorize and filter file classification results by one or more second level file categories For example lets assume that the user needs to see a hierarchy of files that were last modified today In this case classify a number of disks or directories using the default file classification plug in open the file classification results dialog and select the Categorize By Modification Time results categorization mode Space Space 5 es L3 Archive Backup and Disk Image Files 282 64 GB Programs Extensions and Script Files L3 Windows Files Images Pictures and Graphic Files Documents Books and Help Files L3 Miscellaneous Files O Development Files L3 Music and Audio Files Unknown Files L3 Temporary Files Internet Files 24 56 GB 19 89 GB 10 31 GB 5 29 GB 4 49 GB 3 66 GB 3 75 GB 118 GB 615 54 MB 642 86 MB 6 86 95 i 5 56 7 2 88 Yo 9n 1 25 95 1 08 55 1 05 75
6. 10 61 Sec Last Modified Toda 1756 9 Performance 27508 Files S Last Modified 1 3 Months Ago 8560 T Errors 0 9 Last Modified 2 3 Years Ago 13513 Last Modified 15 30 Days Ago 12654 95 69 GB 44 71 18 58 GB 1440 GB S i 2 Space 16 65 0 42 0 27 0 18 11 06 95 02 lt 0 01 0 01 9c elo Olle aie e e ojo mi wes 26 80 m 18 36 12 84 12 52 5 21 4 03 Dix 4 Space 96 64 GB Files 5928 Default File Classification Plugin Moreover when a file filter is active HTML PDF Excel CSV and text reports will include file categories and files matching the currently selected file filters allowing one to generate different types of files classification reports showing disk space usage patterns from different points of view 14 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd 3 6 Using Built in File Management Operations DiskSorter provides the user with a number of file management operations such as file copy move compress and delete which may be performed on one or more selected file categories For example in order to copy all types of image files to a directory select the Images and Picture Files category in the file classification results view press the right mouse button and select the Copy To Directory menu item File Command Tools Help 5 Bui ese B5B e Classify Pause Stop Analyze Charts Save Up Database Layou
7. 3 a high number of concurrent connections A number of 20 connections will be assumed C Online Transaction Processing OLTP Choose this option for highly concurrent applications that may have at any one time up to 500 active connections such as heavily loaded web servers Manual Setting lt a Please enter the approximate number of concurrent Concurrent connections s Cancel 73 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd On the next page enable TCP IP networking and if the server will be accessed from other computers on the network add a firewall exception for the MySQL server port In general a single MySQL server may be used to collect reports from multiple DiskSorter installations using remote ODBC connections MySQL Server Instance Configuration Configure the MySQL Server 5 1 server instance Please set the netwarking options iw Enable TCP IP Networking Enable this to allow TCP IP connections When disabled only local connections through named pipes are allowed Port Humber 5306 Add firewall exception for this port Please set the server SOL mode M Enable Strict Mode This option forces the server to behave more like a traditional database server It is recommended to enable this option Cancel On the next page select an appropriate character set By default DiskSorter uses the UTF 8 character set to store names of files and directories but if there is no need to p
8. Attachments B wes Files 3 70 GB gl voc Files 2 76 GB 1e Files 2 44 GB 9 others 11 51 G8 Comments 20 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd 3 11 Exporting Results to an SQL Database DiskSorter Ultimate and DiskSorter Server provide the ability to export file classification results to an SQL database via the ODBC database interface In order to be able to export file classification results to an SQL database the user needs to configure the ODBC database interface on the main options dialog Enable ODBC Interface ODBC Data Source MySQL Server User Mame disksorter Password iaa a In order to configure the ODBC interface open the main options dialog select the Database tab enable the ODBC database interface enter the ODBC data source name the ODBC user name and password to use to connect to the SQL database and then press the Verify button to check the specified ODBC interface File Command Tools Help BOB se Classify Pause Stop Network Baek Save Analyze Charts Top 100 Up Database Options Layouts Profiles Files sb amp Default Profile amp Classify All Disks Classify Files in Network Sh Category LJ Archive Backup and Disk Image Files Programs Extensions and Script File Images Pictures and Graphic Files I Documents Books and Help File Inknown Files Miscellaneous Files ment ries Space 7531 280 53 GB Open Categor
9. Pictures 517 GB free of Videos Format Copy Homegroup Create shortcut Rename Hl Computer z disk c C2 Properties Ha disk d D mha disk f F tu Network disk c C Space used SS Total size 584 GB Qa Local Disk Space free 26 1 GB File system NTFS In most cases the Windows shell extension is a very useful feature but sometimes when the user have too many installed shell extensions the Windows context menu may become too cluttered In order to remove the DiskSorter entry from the Windows context menu open the options dialog select the General tab and disable the Windows shell extension General Show Main Toolbar Enable Windows Shell Extension E Auto Close Successfully Completed Tasks Database Show Confirmation Dialog on Close Automatically Check For Product Updates Process System Files Detect Recursive Directories Pracess Directory Links and Junctions Use Custom HTML Report Header and Footer Show Directory and File Scanning Errors Request Admin Scanning Permissions art Cineratic n Critical 35 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd 3 24 Sound Notifications DiskSorter provides the ability to play notification sounds when a file classification operation is started completed or failed In addition the user is provided with the ability to enable disable or customize all types of sound notifications Sound Description Sound File Operation Started C7 Pr
10. Use ODBC Interface to Save Reports to SQL Database ODBC Data Source ODBC User Name ODBC Password DiskSorter SQL Database disksorter 65 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd 4 22 DiskSorter Server Command Line Utility In addition to the web based management interface DiskSorter Server provides a command line utility allowing one to control one or more DiskSorter Servers locally or via the network The DiskSorter command line utility is located in ProductDir bin directory DiskSorter Server Command Line Syntax disksorter server show commands Shows file classification commands configured in DiskSorter Server disksorter server start command Command Name Starts the specified file classification command disksorter server stop command Command Name Stops the specified file classification command disksorter server command status Command Name Shows the current status of a file classification command disksorter server command errors Command Name Shows process errors for a file classification command disksorter server delete command Command Name Deletes the specified file classification command disksorter server export reports reports dir Directory Exports file classification reports to the specified directory disksorter server import reports reports dir Directory Imports file classification reports from the specified directory disksort
11. 0 33 7 0 22 7 0 18 75 Categorize By Modification Time Last Modified 1 3 Months Ago 50 35 GB Last Modified 2 3 Years Ago 18 57 GB J Last Modified Today Last Modified 6 12 Months Ago Last Modified 15 30 Days Ago Clear Selected Filters 9 297012 Files 357 88 GB Default File Classification Plugin e 14 07 5t i 5 19 9 Apply Selected Filters Now select the Last Modified Today file category in the second level file categories press the right mouse button and select the Apply Selected Filters menu item DiskSorter will filter file classification results and display in the top level view a file hierarchy showing files that were last modified today 9 e B Analyze Link Charts Save Name 3 Windows Files Miscellaneous Files Temporary Files OO Documents Books and Help Files 9 Unknown Files O Images Pictures and Graphic Files Internet Files O Archive Backup and Disk Image Files Development Files Programs Extensions and Script Files Game Files E Categorize By Modification Time Last Modified 1 3 Months Ago Last Modified 2 3 Years Ago J Last Modified Today Last Modified 6 12 Months Ago Last Modified 15 30 Days Ago Space 16 22 GB 445 38 MB 179 82 MB 72 70 MB 40 98 MB 17 82 MB 7 26 MB 769 01 KB 148 39 KB 137 37 KB 20 00 KB 50 35 GB 18 57 GB 11 34 GB 9 01 GB space 55 2 560 Yo 1 03 75 0 42 5 0 24 75 0 10 95 0 04 55 z
12. 2012 11 22 2012 11 22 2012 11 22 2012 10 22 2012 10 22 2012 10 22 2012 10 22 2012 10 22 2012 10 22 2012 09 19 2012 06 25 2012 06 25 2012 06 25 2012 06 25 2012 06 25 2012 06 25 Disk Space 611 47 GB 22 50 GB 22 14 GB 16 98 GB 303 01 GB 303 01 GB 303 01 GB 303 00 GB 303 00 GB 302 98 GB 16 96 GB 319 26 GB 16 94 GB 174 70 GB 319 26 GB 319 30 GB 16 94 GB Analyze Filter By Command ShowAll CE CE CE CE CE GE CE CE CE CE E CE CE CE CE CE CE Bx Bx Bx Be Be Be Ge Gel Bx Bx Gel Be Be Be ed Gel ed v Delete All Close DiskSorter Server allows one to filter file classification reports by the command name host name date and input directories In order to filter file classification reports select an appropriate filter located on the bottom side of the reports page and then select a filter value Hrefox o Luz 5 T DiskSorter Server SRV2008 File Classi gt f amp ec DBD DiskSorter Server v4 6 38 srv2008 view reports sid 6575bc3b1f0ee3f7b5c82985013c6850 Home Settings Help About Logout 22 Nov 2012 15 29 04 Command Classify Backup Disk Classify NAS Server Classify Data Disks Classify System Disk Classify Files by Last Access Date Classify Files by Last Access Date Classify Files by Modification Date Classify Files by Creation Date Classify Data Disks Classify Data Disks Classify NAS Server Classify Data Disks Classify S
13. 380 24 GB File Classification Report 2015 04 16 11 55 42 Classify System Disk flexcore C 205302 Files 47 47 GB File Classification Report 2015 04 16 11 55 03 Classify FlexSrv flexsrv flexsrv ale 16040 Files 7 51 GB File Classification Report 2015 03 16 19 20 55 Classify Files By User srv2008 srv2008 u 182590 Files 24 47 GB File Classification Report 2015 03 16 19 09 13 Classify Files srv2k62 4 srv2k62 srv2k62 s 32721 Files 4 90 GB File Classification Report 2015 03 16 19 09 05 Classify Files srv2k61 3 srv2k61 srv2k61 s 32721 Files 4 90 GB File Classification Report 2015 03 16 19 08 55 Classify Files srv2k60 2 srv2k60 srv2k60 s 32721 Files 4 90 GB File Classification Report 5 2015 03 16 19 08 46 Classify Files srv2k63 1 srv2k63 srv2k63 s 32721 Files 4 90 GB File Classification Report 2015 03 16 19 08 35 Classify Files srv2008 0 srv2008 srv2008 d 688425 Files 30 52 GB File Classification Report Eses I cased Disk Space Usage Per Host amp Disk Space Usage Per User N E View Top 100 Files In order to analyze disk space usage per user perform one or more file classification operations on multiple servers and or NAS storage devices open the Reports dialog press the Analyze button and select the Analyze Disk Space Usage Per User menu item DiskSorter will analyze all reports saved in the reports database and display the users analysis dialo
14. DLL Files 43 o Performance 27170 Files S amp EXE Files Delete 3 36 D Errors 0 i JPG Files 1068 6 88 GB 1 93 RAR Files 469 4 30 GB 1 20 Ready Space 357 07 GB S L gt Uu oe N 3 8 1 Files 290775 Default File Classification Plugin Moreover such an analysis may be performed on filtered file classification results showing files matching multiple user defined criteria For example in order to see where are located all documents that were last modified more then X months ago apply an appropriate modification time file filter select the Documents file category press the right mouse button and select the Analyze menu item File System Root Size 9 16 GB 760 35 MB 413 88 MB 9 60 MB The analysis results dialog shows a hierarchy of directories and files sorted by the amount of the used storage space The user is provided with the ability to perform numerous file management operations including file copy move and delete In addition DiskSorter allows one to export the analysis results to the HTML PDF Excel CSV text and XML formats 17 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd 3 8 Searching Files in File Classification Results DiskSorter provides the ability to search files in file classification results by the file name extension full path file category file size file attributes creation last modification a
15. DiskSorter connects to the MySQL database through the ODBC interface Download an appropriate version of the MySQL ODBC connector from the MySQL web site and execute the setup program There are no critical configuration options in the MySQL ODBC connector installation procedure and the user can just press the Next button until the last page keeping the default configuration options User DSN System DSN File DSN Connection System Data Sources Mame Onver Remove Configure An ODBC System data source stores information about how to connect to the indicated data provider A System data source is visible to all users on this machine including NT services After finished installing MySQL ODBC Connector open the Windows control panel and select Administrative Tools Data Sources ODBC On the ODBC Administrator window select the System DSN tab and press the Add button On the next page select the MySQL ODBC Driver and press the Finish button Select a driver for which you want to set up a data source Name Microsoft Paradox Treiber db Microsoft Text Driver txt csv Microsoft Text Treiber txt csv Microsoft Visual FoxPro Driver Microsoft Visual FoxPro Treiber 77 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd On the next page enter a new data source name which will be used by DiskSorter to connect to the database
16. classification reports to a number of standard formats such as HTML PDF Excel CSV text XML and the native DiskSorter report format In addition DiskSorter provides the ability to export file classification results to an SQL database and perform advanced history trend analysis operations on series of file classification reports stored in an SQL database Finally the user is provided with the ability to perform file management operations on files related to one or more selected categories of files PEF LMA xou Per M m assification P Ja Classify All Bs Ge 5 Link Analyze Copy Name Archive Backup and Disk Image Files 5 Programs Extensions and Script Files 73 Windows Files 73 Images Pictures and Graphic Files Documents Books and Help Files 7 3 Miscellaneous Files 7 3 Development Files 5 Music and Audio Files 73 Unknown Files G Temporary Files 5 Internet Files Space 6 86 5 56 2 88 1 48 1 25 1 08 1 05 0 33 0 22 0 18 So Yo 9o o Yo Yo 9s Yo 9s Yo norize F l Categorize By Extension Categorize By File Size Categorize By Creation Time 217 04 GB 49 91 GB 16 45 GB 3 Categorize By Modification Time Categorize By Last Access Time Be Categorize By Creation Date Be Categorize By Modification Date 9 Categorize By Last Access Date amp amp Categorize By User Name 12 48 GB 12 01 GB ult File Classification Plugin
17. srv2k61 0 32 srv2k60 Edit Chart Options 0 32 srv2k63 Copy To Clipboard Print Chart Image mim Date 16 Apr 2015 Time 13 36 28 Disk Space Usage Per Host All Disks and Directories m All Report Labels The hosts analysis dialog provides the ability to display pie charts and bars charts showing the disk space usage per server or NAS storage device according to file classification reports saved in the reports database The user is provided with the ability to select the types of file classification operations and file system locations to analyze edit the chart header and footer copy the chart image to the clipboard and export graphical PDF reports including pie charts 49 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd 4 6 Analyzing Disk Space Usage Per User DiskSorter Server and DiskSorter Enterprise provide the ability to automatically detect all servers and NAS storage devices on the network classify files in hundreds of servers and or NAS storage devices via the network submit file classification reports to the reports database and display charts showing the used disk space per user across the entire enterprise Ziel Date Time Command Host Inputs Results Title 2015 04 16 12 06 20 Classify FlexMS flexms flexms da 1768181 Files 1 00 TB File Classification Report 2015 04 16 11 56 17 Classify All Disks flexcore c d f h 388738 Files
18. 2012 18 54 57 Classify Data Disks Add File Matching Rule Match Files By Modification Date File Name Rule Operator File Extension Full Path File Category File Size File Attributes User Name Creation Time Modification Time LastAccess Time Creation Date File Date LastAccess Date Text String Binary HEX Pattern JPEG Images EXIF Tag Nested File Matching Rules Finally DiskSorter Server allows one to define multi level nested file matching rules with different sets of rules and logic operators on each level capable of precisely selecting the subset of files that should be processed 60 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd 4 15 Excluding Directories from the File Classification Process Sometimes it may be required to exclude one or more subdirectories from the file classification process For example if you need to classify files stored on a disk excluding one or two special directories you may specify the whole disk as an input directory and add the directories that should be skipped to the exclude list Firefox Disk Sorter Server SRV2008 Edit File la 4 E sm2008 edit_command sid 3400728237190310b7592332b3e2d07 amp cid 1 Disk Sorter Server v5 4 18 Home Settings Help About Logout 09 Jul 2013 12 54 02 Edit File Classification Command Command Name Classify Home Directories Process Directories flexms home flexms users Exclude Directories
19. 86 GB 3 75 GB 1418 GB 815 54 MB 642 86 MB Space 78 98 6 86 5 56 2 88 1 25 1 08 1 05 0 33 0 22 0 18 r Categorize By Extension File Categories VDI Files ISO Files SYS Files DLL Files ln EXE Files 36 39 1625 20650 4961 217 04 GB 49 91 GB 16 45 GB 1248 GB 12 01 GB 297012 Files 357 88 GB Default File Classification Plugin Finally DiskSorter Enterprise provides a complete web based management interface allowing one to configure control and manage the product using a regular web browser locally or via the network 43 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd 4 2 Product Installation Procedure DiskSorter Server is especially designed to be as simple as possible The product does not require any third party software applications and may be installed and configured within a couple of minutes A fully functional 30 days trial version of DiskSorter Server may be downloaded from the following page http www disksorter com downloads html 1101 1 1 3 241 94 Welcome to the Disk Sorter Server m d TS Sey 98 14 64 Bit Setup Wizard This wizard will guide you through the installation of Disk Sorter Server 5 8 14 64 Bit It is recommended that you cose all other applications before starting Setup This will make it possible to update relevant system files without having to reboot your computer Click Next to c
20. In each file classification report the chart displays file categories according to the file classification plug in that was used for the file classification operation 3 f C E Gs _report sid 464 b7204 c56ce7fc56d86b1998d61530 amp rid 27 amp gid 6 amp ref status DiskSorter Server v4 5 24 Home Settings Help About Logout 22 Oct 2012 12 27 54 Classify Files by Modification Date 2010 Category Files Disk Space Feb 2010 50 29 GB amp Jul 2010 308 13 81 GB amp Sep 2010 4220 12 33 GB Dec 2010 864 5 34 GB Apr 2010 3439 2 87 GB Mar 2010 1 47 GB Jun 2010 380 1 46 GB Aug 2010 1 20 GB Nov 2010 1 19 GB Oct 2010 899 80 MB amp May 2010 434 07 MB amp Jan 2010 185 04 MB 50 29 GB Feb 2010 13 81 GB Jul 2010 12 33 GB Sep 2010 5 34 GB Dec 2010 2 87 GB Apr 2010 1 47 GB Mar 2010 1 46 GB Jun 2010 1 20 GB Aug 2010 1 19 GB Nov 2010 899 80 MB Oct 2010 9 others Up J Home Save Report Show Disk Space Per Category Y Properties Close File classification plugins included in a default DiskSorter Server installation are capable of categorizing files and displaying charts by the file type extension user name creation last modification or last access dates etc In addition advanced users are provided with the ability to design custom file classification plugins using a simple XML based format 55 DiskSorter Fi
21. Modified Yesterday 7 8 19 3 Last Modified 2 3 Years Ago li Apply Selected Filters N Last Modified Today L3 Clear Selected Filters Last Modified 15 30 Days Ago Errors 0 Ready Space 357 05 GB Files 292417 Default File Classification Plugin On the file categories view select the Last Modified Yesterday item press the right mouse button and select the Apply Selected Filters menu item DiskSorter will filter file classification results and show in the top level view categories of files that were modified yesterday Now select the Documents file category in the file classification results view press the right mouse button and select the Copy To Directory menu item File Command Tools Help amp Ug uiuee t 9 B ss e Classify Pause Stop Analyze Charts Save Up Database Layouts Options Help Profiles a Category Files Space Space Default Profile L3 Archive Backup and Disk Image Files 6 29 15 GB Sa Documents Books and Help Files L3 Miscellaneous Files 0 08 L3 Images Pictures and Graphic Files L3 Temporary Files JI 05 96 O Internet Files Copy To Clipboard 0 01 Lj Unknown Files lt 0 01 L3 Windows Files Link Categories 01 ize L3 Programs Extensions and Script Files Vds and tink 0 01 96 G Development Files 0 01 9c a Open Category e e N A o e e o e sn o Input Directories C Copy To Directory ty D Move To Director
22. SCONTAINS Temporary Files Classification Plugin Default File Classification Plugin Rules Options Rename Save Cancel In order to add one or more directories to the exclude list open the file classification command configuration page and add one or more directories to the exclude list separated by the semicolon character All files and subdirectories located in the specified exclude directories will be excluded from the file classification process In addition advanced users are provided with a number of exclude directories macro commands allowing one to exclude multiple directories using a single macro command DiskSorter Server provides the following exclude directories macro commands e SBEGINS Text String this macro command excludes all directories beginning with the specified text string e SCONTAINS Text String this macro command excludes all directories containing the specified text string e SENDS Text String this macro command excludes all directories ending with the specified text string e REGEX Regular Expression this macro command excludes directories matching the specified regular expression For example the exclude macro command CONTAINS Temporary Files will exclude all directories with Temporary Files at any place in the full directory path and the exclude macro command REGEX TMP TEMP will exclude directories ending with TMP or TEMP 61 DiskSorter File Cl
23. Shares Accessible Total Space Used Space Free Space Wbezegibezeg No NA MA MA iV Wflexcore disk_d Yes 26 37 GB 6 98 GB 19 39 GB W Wflexcore disk_f Yes 236 47 GB 127 71 GB 110 76 GB W Wflexcore disk_h Yes 238 47 GB 146 89 GB 91 58 GB y flexrmob disk_d Yes 142 77 GB 76 75 GB 66 02 GB 4 flexms backup Yes 596 17 GB 191 65 GB 404 54 GB y flexms data Yes 596 17 GB 191 63 GB 404 54 GB y Mflexms disk d 44 05 GB 5 78 GB 38 25 GB Ed Select All 26 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd 3 17 Classifying Specific File Types or File Groups DiskSorter provides the user with the ability to classify specific types of files or file groups according to the specified file matching rules For example the user may classify files with the file size more than 10 MB that were last modified during a specified period of time Classify Files Matching Criteria amp Files Modified In Range 01 Jan 2014 To 20 Jan 2014 Files With Size More Than 10 MBytes In order to add one or more file matching rules open the file classification profile dialog select the Rules tab and press the Add button On the Rules dialog select an appropriate rule type and specify all the required parameters Select Advanced File Search Criteria E Search Files With the User Name Search Files Last Modified Search Files Last Accessed Search Files Created Search Files With Last Modification Date 5 Search Files W
24. Transactional Database option DiskSorter does not perform concurrent insert or modify operations on the database and a transactional database is not required Moreover configuring the MySQL server as a non transactional database will significantly improve the performance of database import operations MySQL Server Instance Configuration Configure the MySQL Server 5 1 server instance Please select the database usage Multifunctional Database General purpose databases This will optimize the server for the use of the fast transactional InnoDB storage engine and the high speed MyISAM storage engine C Transactional Database Only Optimized for application servers and transactional web applications This will make InnoDB the main storage engine Note that the MyISAM engine can still be used Suited for simple web applications monitoring or logging applications as well as analysis programs Only the non transactional MyISAM storage engine will be activated On the next page select the Manual Setting option and set the number of concurrent database connections to 5 which is the optimal number for typical DiskSorter installations on Wizard on veizara MySQL Server Instance Configuration Configure the MySQL Server 5 1 server instance Please set the approximate number of concurrent connections to the server Decision Support DSS OLAP Select this option for database applications that will not require
25. sec mysql gt grant all privileges on to disksorter E localhost Query OK HB rows affected H H2 sec mysql gt Flush privileges Query OK B rovs affected 8 68 sec mysql gt In order to configure the MySQL database open the command prompt window and type the following command mysql u root p This command will start the mysql command line utility and login to the MySQL server with root permissions The user will be asked to provide the root password which was specified during the MySQL server installation procedure Once logged in the user needs to create a database that will be used by DiskSorter to store file classification reports In order to do that type the following command create database disksorter Now add a user account that will be used by DiskSorter to submit reports to the database Single quotes are required and should be specified exactly as displayed create user disksorter localhost identified by password Now grant permissions to the user account using the following command grant all privileges on to disksorter localhost Finally flush user privileges using the following command flush privileges That s all Now the MySQL server is fully configured In order to disconnect from the MySQL database just type quit in the command window 76 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd 5 3 Configuring MySQL ODBC Data Source
26. the most popular file types and formats and allows one to organize them into a logical file hierarchy In addition a number of advanced file classification plug ins are available for registered users of DiskSorter Ultimate and DiskSorter Server Classify Disks Directories and Network Shares Eg CX s DX ea FA LieTauit Cie Clas Simicaeauorn CHI _ Default File Classification Plugin a Extension Based Classification Plugin Simple File Classification Plugin Ej User Based Classification Plugin Modification Time Classification Plugin Creation Time Classification Plugin Access Time Classification Plugin E Modification Date Classification Plugin E Creation Date Classification Plugin E Access Date Classification Plugin Size Based Classification Plugin 2 Movies and Video Files Hidden Movies and Video Files Music and Audio Files Hidden Music and Audio Files E Pictures and Image Files e Hidden Pictures and Image Files 4 Directories Selected for Classification Finally DiskSorter Ultimate allows one to add custom XML file classification plugins designed according to the DiskSorter XML format specification In order add a custom XML plug in select menu Tools Manage Plugins press the Add button and select the XML plug in file that should be added to the product configuration a 7 ae age Classification Plugins a et Plugin Mame Default File Classification Plugin Extension Based C
27. toolbar Wi 19 44GB 44 47 Windows Files 13 50GB 30 87 Programs Extensions and S 3 95GB 9 04 Miscellaneous Files 219658 5 02 Documents Books and Help 138GB 3 17 Development Files 128GB 2 939 amp Archive Backup and Disk I 709 10 MB 1 58 Temporary Files 413 88 MB 0 929 amp Images Pictures and Graph 897 45MB 2 00 Other 5 Date 15 Jan 2014 Time 13 42 30 Host flexcore Title File Classification Report By default the charts dialog shows the used disk space and the number of files per class for the currently displayed level in the class hierarchy and the selected second level file category For example in order to open a chart showing the used disk space per last modification time select the Categorize by Modification Time second level file category and open the charts dialog BW 116 49 K 39 92 Last Modified 3 5 Years Ago F 85 19 K 29 19 Last Modified More Than 5 M 15 531 Q 5 32 Last Modified 6 12 Month E 13 51 K 4 63 Last Modified 2 3 Years Ago 12 65 K 4 34 Last Modified 15 30 Days Ago Mj 10 150 3 48 Last Modified 1 2 Years Ago 9 82 Q 3 36 Last Modified 3 6 Months Ago 8 amp 71 Q 2 98 Last Modified 8 14 Days Ago 19 78 K 6 78 Other 4 Date 15 Jan 2014 Time 18 39 02 Host fle
28. use If the DiskSorter server should be controlled through the network make sure the custom ports are open in the server s firewall 4 20 Configuring E Mail Notifications DiskSorter Server provides the ability to send E Mail notifications when a user specified disk space analysis rule is triggered for one or more disks or directories In order to configure an SMTP E Mail server to use to send E Mail notifications click on the Configure E Mail Server link located on the main settings page enter the SMTP server host name SMTP server port SMTP user name password and the source E Mail address to use to send E Mail notifications Hrefox manc DiskSorter Server SRV2008 Setup SM Cc E srv2008 setup smtp sid bcc7a99fadfad32d39b327440b63f827 DiskSorter Server v4 1 24 Home Settings Help About Logout 25 Jun 2012 19 05 09 Setup SMTP E Mail Server V Enable SMTP Server mail yourcompany com Port 25 V E Mail User Name disksorter Password eeeeeeeece 7 Use Secure Connect If Available Use Secure TLS Connection Source E Mail Address disksorter yourcompany com Cancel 64 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd 4 21 Configuring SQL Database Integration DiskSorter Server provides the ability to save file classification reports to an SQL database allowing one to keep a history of reports for future review and analysis In order to enable SQL database expo
29. 0 01 0 01 lt 0 07 aiii 0 01 5 4326 Files 16 97 GB Default File Classification Plugin When a file filter is active all types of file classification reports pie charts and file management operations are performed on files matching the currently selected file filter By using different types of second level file categories and file filters the user can generate multiple types of file classification reports and pie charts showing the file classification results from a number of different points of view 47 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd 4 4 Batch File Classification Operations DiskSorter Server and DiskSorter Enterprise provide the ability to search the network detect all network servers and NAS storage devices available on the network execute one or more pre configured file classification commands on hundreds of network servers and NAS storage devices and generate an individual file classification report for each network server NAS storage device or network share 15 Network Servers or NAS Storage Devices 68 Network Shares Server Comment Shares Selected Total Used Free flexms Server 2008 R2 64 Bit 8 4 33 TB 1 94 TB 2 39 TB flexcore WY 64 Bit Dev Machine 503 31 GB 349 76 GB 153 55 GB srve kas SRV2KAS Database Server Oy 64 GB ove ka SRV2K42 Database Server 97 64 GB sry kai SRV2ZEA0 Database Server orve kal SRV2ZKAL Database Server srvekos S
30. 0b631827 lt 4 DiskSorter Server v4 1 24 Home Settings Help About Logout 25 Jun 2012 19 04 25 Setup User Name and Password User Name admin Password LLI Confirm Password eccce In order to set a custom user name and password click on the Configure Server Login link located on the main settings page enter a new user name and password and press the Save button 63 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd 4 19 Configuring Custom Server Ports DiskSorter Server uses the TCP IP port 9125 as the default server control port and the TCP IP port 80 as the default web access port Sometimes these ports may be in use by some other software products or system services If one or both of these ports are in use DiskSorter Server will be unable to operate properly and the user needs to change the DiskSorter server control port and or web access port Firefox v DiskSorter Server SRV2008 Setup Ser tf C Er 3 srv2008 setup ports sid bcc7a99fadfad32d39b327440b63f827 DiskSorter Server v4 1 24 Logout 25 Jun 2012 19 04 45 Setup DiskSorter Server Ports Use Custom Control Port 9125 Use Custom Web Access Port 80 Save Cancel In order to set a custom server control port and or web access port click on the Setup Server Ports link located on the main settings page select the Use Custom Port option and enter a custom port number to
31. 13 506 04 MB 0 69 C3 Jun 2013 479 86 MB 0 66 6 Aug 2013 438 24 MB 0 60 Input Directories G3 Apr 2013 424 05 MB EE CA C3 Oct 2013 380 28 MB 0 52 3 DA C3 Sep 2013 366 22 MB 0 50 3 FA C3 Mar 2013 247 20 MB 0 34 T un E e un co Status Value 53 Categorize By Extension File Categories Total Dirs 39031 ap VDI Files 61 50 GB 86 16 Total Files 292175 RAR Files 2 65 TotalSpace 357 06 GB iM DOC Files i 1 42 ProcessTi 3 38 Sec DAT Files 1 41 Performance 86315 Files S amp DLL Files i 1 37 D Errors 0 n EXE Files 1 34 lk NOEXT Files 0 93 Space 71 39 GB Files 46776 E 4 IT and storage administrators may be interested to display the amount of used disk space and the number of files per user name which may be done using the user based file classification plug in The user based file classification plug in builds a hierarchy of user names and shows the amount of disk space and the number of files per user AH ate File Command Tools Help AOU BO e E Classify Pause Stop Analyze Charts Up Database Layouts Options Help Profiles Category Files Space Space Default Profile L3 TrustedInstaller 68901 13 79 GB 51 98 L3 SYSTEM 31859 6 51 GB 24 54 Administrators 7055 3 52 GB 13 27 L3 alex s 48097 2 59 GB 9 75 C Unknown 112 88 32 MB 0 33 L3 NETWORK SERVICE 12 24 54 MB 0 09 5 LOC
32. 4 900 Files Sec while the multi CPU performance continues to scale very well up to 8 parallel file classifications threads and reaches 23 000 Files Sec when all 8 CPUs are used to classify files in parallel File Classification Performance Local SSD Disk Files Sec With Showing Files User Names Performance 5 000 1 Thread 2 Threads 4 Threads 8 Threads Number of Processing Threads DiskSorter www disksorter com Almost the same level of multi threaded performance scaling is displayed when classifying files with the option to show files user names enabled on a system with a small number of physical CPU cores In general the operation of inquiring a user name for a file does not require any CPU resources and for each processed file DiskSorter just waits for the operating system to return a user name making it highly scalable to use a large number of parallel processing threads to inquire user names for a number of files simultaneously 30 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd From the performance point of view classifying files located on multiple network shares over the network is a slightly different operation which depends on the number of processed network shares the speed and the latency of the network and the type of processed storage devices For example when classifying files over a high speed low latency local network the performance of file classification operations scales from 6 250 Files Sec for a single
33. 6 DiskSorter Server v5 0 22 Home Settings Help About Logout 11 Mar 2013 15 05 43 Classify Files Default File Classification Plugin Classify Directories or Network Shares SRV2008 data SRV2003 data SRV2003 backup In the quick file classification mode DiskSorter Server will automatically create a simple file classification command classify files in the specified disks and directories and display results Each quick file classification command is saved in the product configuration file displayed on the DiskSorter Server home page and may be later executed again or customized to perform a different type of file classification operation 52 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd 4 8 Managing File Classification Commands DiskSorter Server allows one to configure multiple file classification commands with each one capable of processing a number of disks directories or network shares In order to add a new file classification command press the Add Command button located on the DiskSorter Server home page specify a unique command name enter one or more disks directories or network shares to classify and press the Save button gt ft eG D srv2008 edit command sid bcc7a99fadfad32d39b327440b631827 amp cid 2 DiskSorter Server v4 1 24 Home Settinas Help About Logout 25 Jun 2012 18 28 11 Classify System Disk Edit Command Command Name Classify System Disk Process Directori
34. 6f22322675668320612a7372331 Disk Sorter Server v5 6 14 Home Settings Help About Logout 11 Sep 2013 13 51 05 Disk Space Usage History SRV2008 Classify Home Directories 140 MB Statistics Minimum 69 MB Maximum 130 MB Average 93 MB Reports 10 From 13 46 02 Date 2013 09 11 To 13 49 38 2013 09 11 Commands Directories Hosts v Classify NAS Server v Wlexms data backup A 7 FLEXMS 7 Classify Data Disk 7 flexms disk_d 7 SRV2008 7 Classify Home Directories V s Vt o SRV2008 Classify Home Directories s t 0 Show Disk Space Usage The top left side of the history analysis page shows the statistics for the currently selected history chart The top right side shows the history line chart according to the currently selected chart and chart units The three bottom side panes provide the ability to filter charts by the command name processed directories and or the host name of the server or NAS storage device In order to save the currently displayed history chart to a graphical PDF report press the Save button and then click on the report file link to download the report file 59 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd 4 14 File Classification Rules DiskSorter Server provides the ability classify specific types of files or file categories using an extensive set of file matching rules capable of matching files by the file name extension directory file typ
35. AL SERVICE 6 9 90 MB 0 04 Input Directories 4 B3 CA Status Value Categorize By Extension File Categories Total Dirs 25369 DLL Files 12 06 GB 45 45 Total Files 156043 fe EXE Files 1 38 GB 5 20 TotalSpace 42 53 GB HXS Files 1 31 GB i 4 94 Process Ti 21 84 Sec DAT Files 117 GB 4 42 Performance 7145 Files Sec NOEXT Files 881 40 MB 3 24 T Errors 0 v LIB Files 735 02 MB 2 71 il MSP Files 491 51 MB 1 81 96 Ready Space 26 53 GB Files 156042 User Based Classification Plugin Moreover the second level file filters provide the ability to show the disk space usage and the number of files per user for a specific type of files or a file extension For example classify files using the user based file classification plug in select the Classify By Extension second level file filter and click on a file extension to display the amount of disk space and the number of files per user for the selected file extension 11 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd 3 4 File Classification Pie Charts The DiskSorter file classification utility provides multiple types of pie charts capable of showing the amount of the used disk space and the number of files per class category extension file type file size user name last access time last modification time and creation time In order to open the charts dialog press the Charts button located on the main
36. AS storage device or network share Once the batch file classification operation is completed the user will be provided with the ability to open saved file classification reports review file classification results generate various types of pie charts and export reports to a number of standard formats including HTML PDF text Excel CSV and XML DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd 2 DiskSorter Product Versions Features Pro Ultimate Server Enterprise 1o 100 umien Moxmum numer oraranyss promes 10 so 100 Unmter e Yes O Built In Data Wiping Capabilities Multi Threaded File Classification Summary File Classification Reports Nw No 50 O No 1 Sumare ar unoge renames ves ve Y 00 es es Yes N Yes Yes Batch File Classification Operations NO NO O OEM Product Version No No No Yes Price 25 Product features prices and license terms are subject to change without notice DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd 3 Using Desktop Versions 3 1 Product Installation Procedure DiskSorter is available as a free download on our web site and on a large number of software directories from around the world To be sure you are getting the latest product version check here http www disksorter com downloads html DiskSorter is especially designed to be as simple as possible The installation procedure is very simple requires no special knowledge and may be completed in
37. DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd DiskSorter FILE CLASSIFICATION User Manual Version 8 1 Dec 2015 www disksorter com info flexense com Flexense Ltd DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd 1 acl OVETVIC W Pepe P 3 2 DiskSorter Product VersSionsS nuuonsxaasadadnanxas RF RC RR AR RR RE uPRE RR ERE RR RR RR 7 3 USING Desktop VersiONS zuwixaiukaddes idR EaN E dixK wan RAE RR RR xi RADIO RR KibCard UE A OI R O 8 S L OUNCE EIS aie tO Procedure idem cet devote dau cu dee nel du EREMO FU EDD 8 Sez Classifying Files ina Disk Or Directo y a cedens dada duda dauid ipu but dus ul ada iba ouod Pac abdb ld 9 3 3 File Classification Plug ins ssssssesssssseeeeeeeen DEE EDDA EE nnn nana nnns 10 3 File Classification Ple ChalbtSusiauitakacssuicua eun iR dE aua DELI aua da DL Ma dacM xa a a DI E NPbdd ni Nada dnd ANN DE dd 12 345 Using File Categories and File Filters suadendo Edda cdd GU dL QUO DEP DIR GUIDE Dad i drin 13 3 6 Using Built in File Management Operations ssseeeeeeeeeseeee nennen nnnm nana mnn anam nnns 15 9 Analyzing File Classification RESUILS uesesss tue oS SEE aU I tir MEO MESES UN EAEE EEEE CUI EPI ES TEINE SEPA TE AEE EEEE 17 3 9 Searching Files in Classification Results ciis ua xenx x van a axukua a aaa uc uaa a ra Rn war Rea cn c area cn a RR 18 3 9 Savind File Classification REPO tS sie ua ata dus asserta aui abaci AEAN ritis diuidi n dub d 19 3 10 Saving Grap
38. DiskSorter Server oo EEE na aaa nana nnn nnns 68 2 24 Registering DISKON Sell serrer erter EERUEPURVES DENUFEPUERUEEEMV DEN EPHESVES UEM UEDUVAUER EEEE ETET ETENEE UEM UPS 69 4 25 DiskSorter Enterprise OEM Version cccccceecsecee een seen eee nsceee een h hme ansmmh ha aaa sana saine 70 5 ADBeBUBDG as diia sd E A aU e na Rr bb bi errr Qu de ub RR RU d CN M RP d 71 5 1 nsrdllli NS Ole DaDa O enrere E EEE EEE EEE E EEE EE EEE EEEN EEE EEE ENEE TENE EEEE EE ETETEN EEE ES EENEN 71 5 2 Conrnguring MYSOL DalaDaSe i sicccciuccicduadictdendadarieddduddecdaduadieedeudedudddedddadiecddduaddeddaadeduanedan 76 53 Conrriguring MYSOL ODBC Data SUCs pneri a Dn dd PeddDdid Cd Ded E Pac Dbdn 77 5 4 Configuring DiskSorter Database Connection eseesesseeeeeeeeeeme enean nnm n asm nanus 78 5S9 Supbolted ObDSraurid SVSLUBITIS seesUtosteg DUREE EEEE EEEE E E EEE EE EE VERE E EE EE EEEE EE EE NEUES DE RVES EQUES 79 sh EE oan Sice PER TR om 79 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd 1 Product Overview DiskSorter is a powerful file classification solution allowing one to classify files in disks directories network shares and NAS storage devices save file classification reports export file classification results to an SQL database perform advanced history trend analysis operations and multiple types of file management operations on categories of files P Disk Sorter Ultimate File Command Tools Heip angose O e E o Classify Pau
39. E EEEE QURE EE E EE E EE E EE OPUS EE E EE E EE E EE EEE 35 ome acre Uca eel dl r 9 ce ER EU re 36 3425 Customizing Disksorter GUI ADDIICAELOFi cessas desiua diwanbiatrati dis uat eee 37 3 26 Using DiskSorter GUI Layouts essssssseeeeeeen nennen nnnm nna hh nana naa anna nnn 38 S227 Heina command One UEY usado RP PAVO rad Ve aea RU ER REM EOM rA UR CUM CM MM M PUES 39 3 28 Product Update Procedure 22 occ s vae ocv ua FavoFFraT brevE v irei Te EECC CEEC ETELE EENE 41 3 29 Product Registration PrOCedUl e au sesasereiv a dowd bad baa su id d dd asd dd dad RE Edd da NEU PRG E EE d daas ud HM REGE DE 42 4 Using DiskSorter Server vvncveccressuwdervesduccevuausderswaceccsssauddecsssduaussvanwensinaxeedseesuscunues 43 4 1 DiskSorter Server Overview s s sssssussssensnrsnanansnnnnsnnnnsnanrsnunansunnnsnnnnsnannnnnnansunnnennnnenannnnnnno 43 d2 Produce Installation PFOCedUlG sasodesasaanadmiUbre dE adP did GR COP IPM aain eaii 44 4 3 Using DiskSorter Server Client GUI Application cceeseseeeeeeeeeeeneee nnnm nnnm nnn 45 44 Batch File Classification ODeCrallonsS sies rosae EU EPEEESEPEPERUREPEPUREEEEES bo EPESEbEPEP IRE PUE REPE EPEPESEPDPEE ED 48 4 5 Analyzing Disk Space Usage Per HOSL ieiunia am uic d aO uix i ui dde ea bcn a edu apa dud aan 49 4 6 Analyzing Disk Space Usage Per USBI picts oKR a auci t un dua dada d did 50 4 7 Using Web Based Management Interface ssssssssseeeeeeeee nennen nena nnn nn
40. RY2K63 M S Server sry ke SRY2ZK60 MAS Server srve kel SRY2ZK61 MAS Server srv2k62 SRV2kKb52 MAS Server srv2008 SQL Database Server Classify Files OS 68 8 LL Cx co 37 64 GB Select Metwork Shares 104 86 GB 104 86 GB Unselect Network Shares 104 86 GE 104 86 GB Network Search Log 53 11 GB 3 a LJ Batch Classification s 37 64 GB a BH hi ho bo ho In the simplest case open the DiskSorter client GUI application press the Network button located on the main toolbar search all network servers and NAS storage devices on the network select one or more servers press the right mouse button and select the Batch File Classification menu item DiskSorter will show a list of pre configured file classification commands allowing one to select one or more commands to be executed on all selected network servers and NAS storage devices Command Mame Classify Files By Type Classify Files By Extension Classify Files By User Name qe itl UAL RAED gis acit ME DVO Tare tL Save Individual Report For Each Network Share Save Individual Report For Each Network Server Depending on the selected batch file classification mode DiskSorter Server will save in the built in reports database an individual file classification report for each network server NAS storage device or network share Once the batch file classification operation is completed the user will be provided with the abil
41. Specify the name of the host where the MySQL server is running on and enter the MySQL user name and password that should be used by DiskSorter to connect to the database Finally select the name of the database that should be used to store file classification reports After finished specifying all the required information press the Test button to check the database connection B De ta Source Co Configurat uration ieie ODBC Connection Parameters Data Source Name DiskSorter SOL Database Description DiskSorter SQL Database Server localhost User disksorter i Password LELETET EE Database disksor ter 5 4 Configuring DiskSorter Database Connection In order to configure DiskSorter to use the installed MySQL database open the options dialog and select the Database tab Enable the ODBC interface and enter the name of the ODBC data source the database user name and password that were specified for the ODBC data source Finally press the Verify button to check the DiskSorter database connection V Enable ODBC Interface ODBC Data Source DiskSorter SOL Database User Mame disksorter Password TITTTTITIT 78 Flexense Ltd DiskSorter File Classification 5 5 Supported Operating Systems 32 Bit Operating Systems Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 7 Windows 8 Windows 8 1 Windows 10 Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2008 Wind
42. TB 2 39 TB 503 31GB 3496 GB 155 55 GB flexcore W7 64 Bit Dev Machine SRV2R43 Database Server j 54 GB 37 64 GB 3 5 Classify Files LJ Batch Classification s 37 54 GB B SRV2K47 Database Server SRVZK l Database Server Oy 64 GB srvekos SRV2K63 WAS Server Select Network Shares 104 86 GB srve kb SRV2K50 NAS Server 104 86 GB srv2kbi SRV2K61 NAS Server ect eet Siete 104 86 GB srveko SRVZK62 NAS Server x 104 86 GB srv2008 SQL Database Server Newer oen es 5311 GB In the simplest case just press the Network button located on the main toolbar search all network servers and NAS storage devices on the network select one or more servers press the right mouse button and select the Batch File Classification menu item DiskSorter will show a list of pre configured file classification commands allowing one to select one or more commands to be executed on all selected network servers and NAS storage devices dg T zm x raat aie E pep Eun rp RT a Lus Classification Commands Command Name Classify Files By Type Classify Files By Extension Classify Files By User Name AnaiviaLial P epart rar Each INeraork Snare IL Save Individual Report For Each Network Share Save Individual Report For Each Network Server Depending on the selected configuration DiskSorter will save in the built in reports database an individual file classification report for each network server N
43. Within a couple of hours after purchasing a product license the customer will receive two e mail messages the first one confirming the payment and the second one containing an unlock key which should be used to register the product If you will not receive your unlock key within 24 hours please check your spam box and if the unlock key is not in the spam box contact our support team support flexense com DiskSorter Server SRV2008 Online Re e gt ftc E srv2008 online registration DiskSorter Server v4 1 24 25 Jun 2012 16 50 57 Register DiskSorter Customer Name Your Company Name Unlock Key OOOO OOK OOK Register Manual Registration Close If the computer where DiskSorter Server is installed on is connected to the Internet login to the DiskSorter server default user name and password admin admin using a standard web browser click on the About link located on the top menu bar press the Register button enter your name or your company name enter the received unlock key and press the Register button e o DiskSorter Server v4 1 24 25 Jun 2012 16 54 15 Registration Successfully Completed If the computer is not connected to the Internet press the Manual Registration button export the product ID file and send the product ID file to register disksorter com as an attachment Within a couple of hours you will receive an unlock file which should be imported in or
44. allel file classification threads In this case the performance bottleneck is definitely the operation of inquiring a user name for a file over the network and in order to increase the performance of such operations it is recommended to use a large number of parallel processing threads to inquire user names for a number of files simultaneously 31 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd 3 20 Automatically Organizing Files on the Disk In addition to the ability to classify files DiskSorter Ultimate and DiskSorter Server allow one to physically reorganize files on the disk and build a logical file hierarchy according to the selected file classification plug in The simplest way to build a file hierarchy on the disk is to construct a logical hierarchy of directories representing file categories subcategories and file classes populated with links pointing to files in the processed file system E Lr Classification Options dE General ES General Advanced tj General i Advanced amp amp Rules Rules 2 Exdude Classify and Build Links Hierarchy In 43 Classify and Copy File Hierarchy To Classify and Move File Hierarchy To Move Files To and Link Originals Compress and Copy File Hierarchy To Compress and Move File Hierarchy To a ui Execute Custom Command T7 Te File Classification Results b l In order to build a logical hierarchy of files on the disk classify one or more directories select the re
45. allowing one to control one or more servers using a regular web browser locally or via the network The web based management interface provides the ability to perform file classification operations review file classification results save reports schedule periodic file classification operations and perform advanced history trend analysis operations on series of file classification reports Server Liser Name Server Password Server Control Port v Enable Web Server on Port By default the web based management interface is disabled and in order to enable the web based interface connect to DiskSorter Enterprise using the client GUI application open the Options dialog select the Server tab select the Enable Web Server option and press the Save button Disk Sorter Server SRV2008 gt Fe EB srv2008 status sid 754264551567 c9132F2130519a832 Disk Sorter Server v6 0 32 Home Settings Help About Logout 15 Jan 2014 15 59 13 Disk Sorter Server Status Command Direcrtories Status Files Disk Space Errors Tools Classify System Disk c Completed 77631 17 34 GB iui 9 Classify Home Directories Wilexms data Completed 1679555 216 88 GB A Ed x Classify Backup Disk Wflexms backup Completed 224780 66 63 GB H E x Classify NAS Server flexsrv nas Idle 179211 56 11 GB A E x Now open a regular web browser type the host name or an IP address of the server in the address bar and login to
46. ams Extensions and Script Files Miscellaneous Files Documents Books and Help Files Development Files Archive Backup and Disk Image Files Temporary Files Images Pictures and Graphic Files Unknown Files Movies Clips and Video Files Internet Files Music and Audio Files Game Files EM ET qM dM Tes EN CGOGmGrmWNGO O 4 wh 07 6 PAO 05 8 8 RBNNNNNNNNNN Saving File Classification Report File Classification Report Saved To C Nreports Ndisksorter 20140115 135114 pdF c Program Files Disk Sorter Ultimate bin gt IT and storage administrators are provided with DiskSorter Server which runs in the background as a service and allows one to perform multiple parallel file classification operations schedule periodic file classification operations and provides advanced file classification capabilities optimized for servers and NAS storage devices File Command Tools Help Lm E 23 zz i Lud i Leg WU i tg O Classify Add Delete Database Jobs Connect Layouts Options Help Command Last Start Data Status 14 Jan 2014 93673 Files Classify System Disk 16 38 06 22 85 GB Completed Add Analysis Command od EE Classify All Disks Completed LJ Start Command m Classify Home Directories Start In Parallel Running LJ Pause Command I es Classify NAS Server E Stop Command Pending View Errors View Last Report s E Date Time Message View All Reports 9 14 Jan 2014 16 38 07 C
47. ars Ago Total Space 357 04 GB Last Modified Yesterday Process Ti 10 61 Sec Last Modified Toda 95 69 GB 65 56 GB it Apply Selected Filters Performance 27508 Files S Last Modified 1 3 Months Ago Lj Clear Selected Filters Errors 0 Last Modified 2 3 Years Ago Last Modified 15 30 Days Ago MN 26 80 9b Flexense Ltd m ss I 3 Space 357 04 GB Files 291804 Default File Classification Plugin DiskSorter will filter file classification results and show a hierarchy of files that were modified during the last two days When a file filter is active the pie charts dialog will display charts according to the currently selected file filter File Command Tools Help 2 Ut Classify Pause Stop Profiles Category Default Profile L3 Archive Backup and Disk Image Files L3 Windows Files 1 3 Miscellaneous Files L3 Development Files L3 Temporary Files LJ Programs Extensions and Script Files L3 Documents Books and Help Files 1 L3 Unknown Files L3 Images Pictures and Graphic Files L3 Internet Files L3 Game Files Space 79 48 GB 16 09 GB 420 40 MB 265 44 MB 174 96 MB 108 89 MB 60 69 MB 41 09 MB 20 00 MB 7 15 MB 12 00 KB Value Categorize By Modification Time v File Filter is Active Lj Total Dirs 39030 Last Modified 3 5 Years Ago Total Files 291804 Last Modified 1 2 Years Ago Total Space 357 04 GB t Modified Yesterday Process Ti
48. assification Flexense Ltd 4 16 Using DiskSorter Server to Analyze Network Shares By default the DiskSorter service is configured to run under the local system account which is good to classify files in local disks and directories On the other hand the local system account does not have permissions to access files in network shares and NAS storage devices In order to enable DiskSorter Server to classify files in network shares and NAS storage devices the DiskSorter service should be configured to run under a user account which has permissions to access files and directories located on the required network shares Disk Sorter Server Properties Local Computer Local System account Allow service to interact with desktop i This account usemarme Password ETITTTTT zr Lonfim password sasss Help me configure user account loq on options The configuration is very simple and may be performed within a couple of seconds using the following step by step guide Open the Windows control panel and click on the Administrative Tools utility Open the Services control center and find here the Disk Sorter Server service Open the Disk Sorter Server service select the General tab and stop the service Select the Log On tab and specify a user account to use for the service Select the General tab and start the Disk Sorter Server service Ul BR WN rnm Now the DiskSorter service will run under the
49. atistics per user The operation of inquiring a user name for a file is a relatively slow operation especially when performed over the network and due to performance considerations this option is disabled by default If the user needs to enable this option it is highly recommended to configure the file classification operation to use at least 4 parallel file classification threads even on single core or dual core systems 29 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd The performance of file classification operations highly depends on the type of the storage device the number of available CPUs and the speed on the network for file classification operations performed over the network For example when classifying files located on a local SSD disk without inquiring files user names the performance of file classification operations can reach up to 50 000 files per second As it is show on the example performance graph the maximum file classification performance is reached with 4 parallel file classification threads File Classification Performance Local SSD Disk Files Sec 52 000 41 600 31 200 20 800 Performance 10 400 1 Thread 2 Threads 4 Threads 8 Threads Number of Processing Threads DiskSorter www disksorter com On the other hand when the same file classification operation is performed with the Show Files User Names option enabled the single CPU performance drops significantly from 31 500 Files Sec to
50. cation reports in a user specified file or directory 53 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd 4 9 File Classification Results For each file classification operation DiskSorter Server saves an individual file classification report In order to open the last report just click on the required file classification command link displayed on the DiskSorter Server home page DiskSorter Server SRV2008 Classify S D gt f C E 00 commandisid 46457204c56ce7fc56d86b1998d61530 amp cid 2 DiskSorter Server v4 5 24 Home Settings Help About Logout 22 Oct 2012 12 19 04 Classify System Disk Default File Classification Plugin Category Files Disk Space L3 Programs Extensions and Script Files 10 43 GB 61 58 C3 windows Files 2 63 GB 15 54 Miscellaneous Files 2 44 GB 14 37 Archive Backup and Disk Image Files 744 43 MB 4 29 Documents Books and Help Files 282 66 MB 1 63 C3 Unknown Files 165 52 MB 0 95 C3 Internet Files 140 42 MB 0 81 C3 Development Files 55 73 MB 0 32 96 C3 Temporary Files 35 51 MB 0 20 95 C3 Movies Clips and Video Files 26 76 MB 0 15 C3 Music and Audio Files 13 29 MB 0 08 C3 Images Pictures and Graphic Files 12 22 MB 0 07 10 43 GB Programs Extensions and Script Files 2 63 GB Windows Files 2 44 GB Miscellaneous Files 744 43 MB Archive Backup and Disk Image Files 282 66 MB Documents Books and Help Files 165 52 MB Unk
51. ces In addition the user is provided with the ability to export the list of detected servers and NAS storage devices including lists of network shares for each server into HTML PDF text and Excel CSV reports 22 Network Servers or NAS Storage Devices 143 Network Shares Server Comment flexrns VBox HDD Server Total Space Used Space Free Space 3 86 TB 1 84 TB 2 02 TB 2 2 LLL AD D m flexcore flexmob srvzk30 srvzk31 srv2k32 srvzk33 srvzk34 srvzk35 srvzk3b srvzk3 64 Bit Development Server VBox 55D Server SRV2K30 SRV2KGI SRV2K32 SRV2K33 SEV2K34 SRV2K35 SRV2K35 SRV2K37 503 31 GB 381 23 GB 139 50 GB 139 50 GB 139 50 GB 139 50 GB 139 50 GB 139 50 GB 139 50 GB 139 50 GB 340 41 GB 190 41 GB 41 55 GB 41 85 GB 41 85 GB 41 85 GB 41 85 GB 41 85 GB 41 85 GB 41 85 GB 152 90 GB 190 82 GB 37 54 GB 37 54 GB 97 54 GB 97 54 GB 97 54 GB 97 54 GB 37 54 GB 97 64 GB In order to classify files in one or more servers or NAS storage devices press the Network button located on the main toolbar and wait while DiskSorter will scan the network and show a list of detected network servers and NAS storage devices On the network servers and NAS storage devices dialog select the required servers and press the Classify button 128 Directories Selected for Classification Classify Disks Directories and Network Shares L3 MsrvZk3 sdisk d isrw2k30 backup srv2k30 r
52. charts allowing one to display the amount of disk space per category the percent of disk space per category the number of files per category and the percent of files per category DiskSorter Server SRV2008 Classify D j A C IE oO report sid 464b7204 c56ce7fc56d86b1998d61530 amp rid 24 amp ref status DiskSorter Server v4 5 24 Home Settings Help About Logout 22 Oct 2012 12 22 50 Classify Data Disks Extension Based Classification Plugin Category Files Disk Space amp VDI Files 37 179 40 GB 59 21 ISO Files 45 60 24 GB 19 88 EXE Files 11 22 GB 3 70 DLL Files 9 84 GB 3 25 9 amp JPG Files 6 92 GB 2 29 RAR Files 5 17 GB 1 71 v ZIP Files 4 11 GB amp MP3 Files 3 70 GB GZ Files 2 44 GB DOC Files 2 34 GB CAB Files 1 55 GB amp SYS Files 1 51 GB 179 40 GB VDI Files 60 24 GB ISO Files 11 22 GB EXE Files 9 84 GB DLL Files 6 92 GB JPG Files 5 17 GB RAR Files 4 11 GB ZIP Files 3 70 GB MP3 Files 2 44 GB GZ Files 2 34 GB DOC Files others Up Home Save Report Show Disk Space Per Category iz Properties Close Show Disk Space Per Category Show Disk Space Per Category Show Number of Fil O Show Number of Files Per Category es Per Category In order to change the currently displayed chart click on the chart type selector located under the chart and select an appropriate type of chart
53. classification plug in In addition the DiskSorter file classification utility provides the ability to analyze file classification results and show were files related to one or more file categories are physically located in the disk and then display a hierarchy of directories and files sorted by the amount of the used disk space File Command Tools Help anosa O E o Classify Pause Stop Analyze Charts Save Up Database Layouts Options Help Profiles 4 Category Files Space Space amp Default Profile LJ Archive Backup and Disk Image Files 4344 282 62 GB 79 15 LJ Programs Extensions and Script Files 28047 24 55 GB 6 87 L3 Windows Files 27848 19 55 GB 5 48 amp Images Pictures and Graphic Files LJ Documents Books and Help Files 1 47 1 3 Miscellaneous Files a 1 23 O Development Files Analyze 1 08 1 L3 Music and Audio Files Copy To Clipboard 1 05 Input Directories Es Unknown Files 0 31 L3 Temporary Files Link Categories 0 19 O Internet Files 0 17 M d Link C3 Movies Clips and Video Files satin 09 L3 Game Files 0 01 Open Category Copy To Directory Move To Directory z Compress Selected Status Value Categorize By Extension P Total Dirs 39023 Qi VDI Files Compress and Copy To gt 60 78 Total Files 290775 i ISO Files 13 98 TotalSpace 357 07 GB 8 SYS Files E sompress and Move Rss 4 61 J Process Ti 10 70 Sec
54. cuments Books and Help Files 5 34 GB 1 02 Input Directories G Development Files 4 88 GB 0 93 amp CA 5 Unknown Files 1 60 GB 0 31 3 DA L Internet Files 741 86 MB 0 14 amp FA O Game Files 623 63 MB 0 12 L3 Temporary Files 535 34 MB 0 10 iii Status Value Categorize By File Size Total Files 352223 Huge Files More Than 1 GB 344 06 GB Total Space 523 51 GB Very Large Files 100 MB 1 GB 98 19 GB Process Time 16 40 Sec Medium Sized Files 100 KB 10 MB 57 90 GB Performance 21482 25 Files Sec Large Files 10 MB 100 MB 19 84 GB Errors 0 Small Files 1 KB 100 KB 3 50 GB Tiny Files 1 Byte 1 KB 25 60 MB Zero Length Files 0 Bytes iit Space 523 51 GB Files 352223 Default File Classification Plugin The second GUI layout displays small toolbar buttons with descriptive text labels beside each button and shows the directories entry and the profiles combo box under the main toolbar The third GUI layout displays small toolbar buttons without descriptive text labels and shows the directories entry and the profiles combo box as a single toolbar 38 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd 3 27 Using Command Line Utility In addition to the DiskSorter GUI application DiskSorter Ultimate and DiskSorter Server include a command line utility allowing one to execute file classification operations from an OS shell window The DiskSorter command line utility provid
55. cuments Books and Help Files 9 47 GB 2 49 Unknown Files 8 21 GB 2 16 96 Miscellaneous Files 5 51 GB 1 45 96 Development Files 4 63 GB 1 22 Music and Audio Files 3 84 GB 1 01 96 Internet Files 875 97 MB 0 23 Temporary Files 838 98 MB 0 22 Movies Clips and Video Files 326 27 MB 0 08 96 Game Files 3 37 MB 0 01 96 In order to export a full report containing all categories and file classes select the Full Report option on the right side of the report format selector Keep in mind that file classification reports for large file systems containing millions of files may be very large and difficult to open using standard tools especially when exported to the HTML format In order to reduce the size of the report press the More Options button to show advanced reporting options and limit the report to a specific amount of nested levels or files per level 19 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd 3 10 Saving Graphical PDF Reports DiskSorter Pro DiskSorter Ultimate and DiskSorter Server allow one to export file classification results to PDF reports In addition to the information available in other report formats DiskSorter PDF reports include pie charts showing the number of files and the used disk space per file category according to the currently selected file categorization mode If one or more file filters are selected the file categories pie charts are followed with the list of selected file filters and then fin
56. der to finish the registration procedure 69 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd 4 25 DiskSorter Enterprise OEM Version Flexense provides system integrators value added distributors and IT service providers with the ability to resell DiskSorter Enterprise and or provide services based on the product under third party brand names Resellers and integrators are provided with the ability to change the product name the product web site address the product vendor name and the product vendor web site address aulam _ ee OEM Product Name SRV2008 Set OE e A B Y srv2008 set oem info sid 3eb481a4815a7322d26f5253068eab09 OEM Product Name v5 3 14 Home Settinas Help About Logout 10 Jun 2013 11 46 42 Set OEM Info OEM Vendor Name OEM Vendor Name OEM Vendor URL http www mycompany com OEM Product Name OEM Product Name OEM Product URL http www myproduct com Save Cancel In order to be able to set custom OEM product and vendor information the user needs to register the product using a special OEM Enabled unlock key which may be purchased on the product purchase page Once the product is registered using an OEM unlock key open the About page press the Set OEM Info button specify your custom OEM product and vendor information and press the Save button E u 3 OEM Product Name SRV2008 About gt C A E 5rv2008 about sid 3eb481 0481537 3
57. e file size creation last modification or last access dates etc In order to add one or more file matching rules to a file classification command open the required command press the Rules button and press the Add Rule button Firefox vm lucia rs x DiskSorter Server SRV2008 Classify D gt fA Q Ek 9 502008 eciit_command_rules sid bec7 99fadfad32d39b327440b631827 amp cid 3 amp rid DiskSorter Server v4 1 24 Home Settings Help About Logout 25 Jun 2012 18 56 17 Classify Data Disks File Matching Rules Rule Description Categorized As Documents Books and Help Files Files With Size More Than 10 MBytes Files Modified During This Month Match All Rules AND On the file matching rule page select an appropriate rule type select an operator enter a rule value and press the Save button DiskSorter Server allows one to add an unlimited number of file matching rules to each file classification command and apply the AND or OR logical operators For example the user is provided with the ability to classify all types of documents with the file size more than X MB that were modified during the last month Firefox DiskSorter Server SRV2008 Classify D amp gt ec E e srv2008 add command rule sid bcc7 a99fadfad32d39b327440b631827 Ricid 3 amp pid 0 S DiskSorter Server v4 1 24 Home Settings Help About Logout 25 Jun
58. e Iv Shaw Confirmation Dialog on Close v Automatically Check For Product Updates em Shortcuts 4 Process System Files iW Detect Recursive Directories P Proxy Process Directory Links and Junctions Use Custom HTML Report Header and Footer Shaw Directory and File Scanning Errors V Request Admin Scanning Permissions z dicalE CES The General tab allows one to control the following options Show Main Toolbar Enables Disables the main toolbar Always Show Profile Dialog Before Start Instructs DiskSorter to always show the profile dialog before starting the file classification process e Auto Close Successfully Completed Tasks select this option to automatically close the process dialog after finishing the file classification process e Automatically Check For Product Updates select this option to instruct DiskSorter to automatically check for available product updates e Show Scanning Access Denied Errors select this option to see error messages when DiskSorter is prevented to scan files in a directory e Process System Files select this option to classify system files and directories e Abort Operation On Critical Errors by default DiskSorter is trying to process as many files as possible logging non fatal errors in a process log Select this option to instruct DiskSorter to abort operation when encountering a critical error The Shortcuts tab provides the user with the ability to customize keyboard s
59. e SQL database table name that was specified during the export operation select SQL database table columns to be imported optionally select the data sorting mode and press the Finish button Type a question for help a 100 a n EA ri Subtotals Validation Text to Columns iF PivotTable and PivotChart Report i Import External Data a Import Data New Web Query New Database Query Refresh Data Ready For each file category DiskSorter exports to the SQL database the following columns of data a unique category ID the name of the file category the total number of files related to the file category the total size of all files related to the file category and the percentage of the disk space used by all files related to the file category Type a question for help Arial eo files space percent 1 Archive Backup and Disk Image Files 7531 3 01216E 11 73 93 2 Programs Extensions and Script Files 30744 28628515119 7 03 3 Windows Files 31665 21161206635 5 19 4 Images Pictures and Graphic Files 62365 20299410116 4 98 5 Documents Books and Help Files 18416 10165012315 249 6 Unknown Files 11990 8813487167 2 16 7 Miscellaneous Files T3044 5917859033 1 45 8 Development Files 82695 4971815835 1 22 9 Music and Audio Files 9067 4120124782 1 01 1 10 Internet Files 20414 918523560 0 23 11 Temporary Files 45562 879729436 0 22 12 Movies Clips a
60. e2d2ef5253068eab09 OEM Product Name v5 3 14 Home Settings Help About Logout 10 Jun 2013 11 46 52 About OEM Product Name Product OEM Product Name v5 3 14 Vendor OEM Vendor Name License Registered To OEM Vendor Name Build Date Jun 10 2013 11 30 45 Build OS Windows 64 Bit Release Install Date 25 06 2012 Memory Usage 7 44 MB Set OEM Info Close Custom OEM product and vendor information will be displayed on all pages of the DiskSorter Enterprise web based management interface in all types of reports generated by the product and all notification E Mail messages sent by DiskSorter Enterprise 70 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd 5 Appendix 5 1 Installing MySQL Database DiskSorter Ultimate is capable of saving file classification reports in an SQL database Reports may be saved manually or automatically using the DiskSorter command line utility periodically executed by the Windows built in task scheduler In order to configure DiskSorter to use the MySQL database the user needs to install the following two components the MySQL Server and the MySQL ODBC connector First of all let s install the MySQL Server Download the latest version of the MySQL server from the MySQL web site and execute the setup program to start the installation procedure On the setup type page select the Typical setup type and press the Next button By default the setup will install the MySQL server a
61. enable disable exporting of file categories to HTML PDF text Excel CSV and XML reports Second level file categories are available when reports are saved using the DiskSorter GUI application manually Automatically generated reports or reports saved using the DiskSorter command line utility are always saved without file categories When the Save File Categories option is enabled DiskSorter GUI application will save second level file categories to HTML PDF text Excel CSV and XML reports The Save Compressed Report Files option allows one to save automatically generated HTML text Excel CSV and XML reports as GZ compressed archive files 23 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd 3 13 Classifying Multiple Disks or Directories DiskSorter is capable of classifying files in a number of disks directories or network shares simultaneously In order to classify files in multiple locations open the file classification profile dialog press the Add button located on the right side of the list of file classification locations and add all the disks directories and or network shares that should be processed During runtime DiskSorter will process the specified disks directories and network shares in parallel using a number of CPUs and or CPU cores according to the configuration specified on the advanced file classification options dialog 3 14 Classifying Network Shares Using UNC Path Names In order to sim
62. eport levels the maximum number of files per class the results sorting mode and provides an option to show files user names General 2 Advanced amp Rules Actions File Classification Threads 2 Directories Scanning Mode 2 Threads Performance Mode Full Speed Count Disk Space By Actual Size on Disk v Save HTML Report d Wfile dassification reports The Advanced file classification options tab provides the ability to control the maximum number of parallel directory scanning threads the number of parallel file classification threads the speed of the file classification process and the disk space counting mode In addition the Advanced file classification options tab allows one to automatically generate file classification reports in a user specified directory 28 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd 3 19 File Classification Performance Options DiskSorter is optimized for modern multi core and multi CPU systems and is capable of parallelizing the file classification process to multiple CPUs in order to increase the speed of file classification operations DiskSorter provides a number of performance optimization options allowing one to control how many parallel threads should be used to scan directories and how many parallel threads should be used to classify files IT Fie Classification Options 2 General S Advanced Rules i Exdude E Actions File Classification Threads 2 F D
63. eports sre k30 disk c amp Default File Classification Plugin DiskSorter will show all network shares hosted on the selected servers and NAS storage devices allowing one to classify files and save various types of file classification charts and reports In addition DiskSorter provides a large number of advanced file classification options allowing one to tune and customize file classification operations for user specific needs and hardware configurations DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd In addition to the desktop GUI application DiskSorter Ultimate and DiskSorter Server provide a command line utility allowing one to perform file classification operations save various types of file classification reports export file classification results to an SQL database and control one or more DiskSorter Servers locally or via the network Ss Command Prom c Program Files Disk Sorter Ultimate bin gt disksorter classify dir c save pdf report c reports DiskSorter Version 6 6 32 Jan 14 2614 Operation Successfully Completed Date Time Total Files Total Space Performance Process Time Host Name User Name Input Dir 1 f lexcore alex s CN dE OMM qM ES File Classification Results 26421 Files 19 44 GB 23963 Files 13 56 GB 46293 Files 3 95 GB 4978 Files 2 19 GB 7964 Files 1 38 GB 2230 Files 1 28 GB 28132 Files 11185 Files 4980 Files 832 Files 5449 Files 36 Files 51 Files Windows Files Progr
64. eports directory or to the user s home directory using the DiskSorter command line utility After saving each new report file DiskSorter will check if there are too many report files of the same type HTML PDF XML CSV etc in the reports directory and delete old reports according to the user specified configuration The Keep in SQL Database option is applicable to reports submitted to an SQL database using the DiskSorter GUI application or the DiskSorter command line utility After saving each new report to the SQL database DiskSorter will check if there are too many reports from the same host computer for the same set of disks or directories and delete old reports according to the user specified configuration For example if reports from two different servers are submitted to the same SQL database DiskSorter will keep in the database the last X reports for each server The Excel CSV Reports Delimiter option allows one to customize the field delimiter character used in Excel CSV reports The comma character normally used as the CSV reports field delimiter is a valid file name character and therefore file names containing the comma character will span multiple fields in Excel datasheets In order to properly export file names containing the comma character to an Excel datasheet the CSV reports delimiter character should be changed to the Tab character which cannot be used in file names The Save File Categories option allows one to
65. er server status Shows the current DiskSorter Server status disksorter server debug log Shows the DiskSorter Server debug log 66 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd Miscellaneous Commands disksorter v Shows the product major version minor version revision and build date disksorter help This command shows the command line usage information Command Line Options host Host Name Specifies the host name or an IP address of DiskSorter Server to connect to If not specified the command line utility will connect to the local host port Port Number Specifies the TCP IP port to connect to If not specified the command line utility will connect to the default DiskSorter Server TCP IP port 9125 user User Name Specifies a user name to login to DiskSorter Server If not specified the command line utility will login using the default admin user name password Password Specifies a password to login to DiskSorter Server If not specified the command line utility will login using the default admin password 67 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd 4 23 Updating DiskSorter Server Flexense develops DiskSorter Server using a fast release cycle with minor product versions updates and bug fixes released almost every month and major product versions released every year New product versions and product updates are published on the product web site and may be down
66. er Report 16 Apr 2015 123533 htiml A Format Hm Report Current Level Compact v More Options B save Cancel On the Report dialog enter the report title specify the file name to save the report to and select one of the following report formats HTML Excel CSV or ASCII text By default DiskSorter will save a file classification report for the currently displayed file category or class CQ d Er CO file D DiskSorter Report 16 Apr 2015 123533 html Generated By Disk Sorter Ultimate v7 3 18 16 Apr 2015 12 35 58 File Classification Report Date 2015 04 16 Time 12 35 29 Total Files 386305 Total Space 379 46 GB Performance 25930 Files Sec Process Time 14 90 Sec Command Name Classify All Disks Host Name flexcore User Name alex s Input Dirs cyd Yf Gh File Filter Active No Top 10 File Categories Category Files Size Size VDI Files 35 209 00 GB 55 08 ISO Files 41 50 33 GB 13 26 SYS Files 1767 16 49 GB 4 35 DLL Files 22397 13 61 GB 3 59 JPG Files 24341 13 61 GB 3 59 EXE Files 5456 12 96 GB 3 42 RAR Files 1060 8 01 GB 2 11 96 FLD Files 615 6 42 GB 1 69 96 ZIP Files 705 4 69 GB 1 24 DOC Files 942 4 37 GB 1 15 96 Default File Classification Plugin Name Files Size Size Archive Backup and Disk Image Files 280 53 GB 73 93 Programs Extensions and Script Files 26 66 GB 7 03 96 Windows Files 19 71 GB 5 19 Images Pictures and Graphic Files 18 91 GB 4 98 96 Do
67. es CX Exclude Directories Classification Plugin Default File Classification Plugin Options Rules Save Cancel In addition the user is provided with the ability to exclude one or more directories from the file classification process add one or more file matching rules specifying which types of files to classify and or add one or more file classification actions capable of sending E Mail notifications or automatically generating reports when one or more directories are matching user specified rules and conditions ui Firefox v Disk Sorter Server SRV2008 File Classi gt C fe E v2008 edit command options sid 9f6474dc025516369232970ddba54b68 cid 2 Disk Sorter Server v5 8 14 Home Settings Help About Logout 21 Nov 2013 10 50 16 File Classification Command Options Report Title File Classification Report Report History 100 Files Per Class 1000000 Host Name AUTO SELECT Count Space By Actual Size on Disk Sort Results By Disk Space Descending Performance Mode Full Speed Scanning Mode Parallel E Always Save HTML Report To Save Cancel Finally users are provided with numerous advanced file classification options allowing one to set a custom report title configure how many history reports to keep for each file classification command select file classification performance and file scanning modes and or automatically generate HTML PDF XML Excel CSV or text file classifi
68. es IT and storage administrators with the ability to integrate file classification capabilities into batch files and shell scripts The DiskSorter command line tool is located in the lt ProductDir gt bin directory Command Line Syntax disksorter execute Profile Name This command executes the specified file classification profile disksorter classify dir Directory 1 Directory X This command classifies files in the specified directories disks or network shares disksorter classify server lt HostName1 HostName2 HostNameX gt This command classifies files in all network shares in the specified servers and or NAS devices disksorter classify network This command classifies files in all servers and or NAS storage devices on the network disksorter link Output Directory dir Directory 1 Directory X This command classifies the specified input directories and builds an hierarchy of links in the output directory disksorter copy Output Directory dir Directory 1 Directory X This command classifies the specified directories and copies files organized according to the selected file classification plugin to the output directory disksorter move Output Directory dir Directory 1 Directory X This command classifies the specified directories and moves files organized according to the selected file classification plugin to the output directory disksorter move a
69. ess the Classify button located on the main toolbar add one or more disks directories or network shares to classify select an appropriate file classification plug in and press the Classify button In addition the file classification command dialog provides the ability to search servers and NAS storage devices on the network identify accessible network shares and classify files in all servers and or NAS storage devices on the network All Servers on the Network lt In order to search network shares in specific servers or NAS storage devices press the Add button located on the right side of the list of input directories select the Servers or NAS Devices inputs mode and specify a list of host names or IP addresses to search network shares in In order to search network shares in all servers and NAS storage devices on the network press the Add button and select the All Servers on the Network inputs mode Status Total Dirs Total Files Total Space 158 17 GB Process Time 7 21 Sec Performance 30842 Files 5ec Errors g gl Start Full Speed zol Errors Close During the file classification process DiskSorter will display the progress dialog showing the total number of processed directories and files the total amount of processed disk space the process time the speed of the file classification operation and the number of file classification errors In addition the progress dialog all
70. file type extension user name creation last modification and last access dates etc Users are provided with the ability to generate various types of pie charts categorize and filter file classification results and save file classification reports into a number of standard formats including HTML PDF Excel CSV XML text and the DiskSorter native report format Wi 19 44GB 44 47 Windows Files F 13 50GB 30 87 Programs Extensions and S M 3 9568 9 04 Miscellaneous Files 21968 5 02 Documents Books and Help 138GB 317 amp DevelopmentFiles j 128GB 2 93 Archive Backup and Disk I H 709 10 MB 1 58 Temporary Files 413 88MB 0 92 Images Pictures and Graph 897 45MB 2 00 Other 5 Date 15 Jan 2014 Time 13 42 30 Host flexcore Title File Classification Report 1 IT and storage administrators are provided with the ability to submit file classification reports from multiple servers and NAS storage devices to a centralized SQL database and analyze disk space usage history trends for one or more file categories per server and or per user across the entire enterprise DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd DiskSorter allows one to scan the network discover network servers and NAS storage devices automatically detect all accessible network shares and classify files in hundreds of network servers and NAS storage devi
71. g showing the disk space usage per user Disk Space agn Per User V denis j V alex s WM 10 86GB 44 39 joy d V irena h V leon k PA 5 7568 23 52 alexs M 2 4568 10 01 leon Hosts 4 srv2008 156GB 6 38 v 5 visas v srv2k63 143GB 5 86 vlad b V srv2k60 v srv2k61 Mj 135GB 552 toms 106GB 4 33 denis i j Edit Chart Options i Copy To Clipboard Print Chart Image Date 16 Apr 2015 Time 19 36 38 Disk Space Usage Per User Save PDER t All Disks and Directories w All Report Labels The users analysis dialog provides the ability to display pie charts and bars charts showing the disk space usage per user according to file classification reports saved in the reports database The user is provided with the ability to select the types of file classification operations and file system locations to analyze edit the chart header and footer copy the chart image to the clipboard and export graphical PDF reports including pie charts IMPORTANT In order to be able to display the disk space usage per user the file classification operation should be configured to process and display files user names 50 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd 4 7 Using Web Based Management Interface In addition to the DiskSorter client GUI application DiskSorter Enterprise provides a web based management interface
72. hic Files 49013 10 32 GB 2 89 L3 Documents Books and Help Files 11052 5 26 GB 1 47 1 3 Miscellaneous Files 47750 4 38 GB 1 23 L3 Development Files 68923 3 86 GB 1 08 Music and Audio Files 715 3 75 GB 1 05 95 Lj Unknown Files 9107 111 GB 0 31 96 L3 Temporary Files 28134 709 13 MB 019 LJ Internet Files 14872 639 84 MB 0 18 L3 Movies Clips and Video Files 905 322 58 MB 0 08 L3 Game Files 59 3 36 MB 0019 Status Value File Categories TetalDirs 39022 it Categorize By Extension 217 04 GB Total Files 290769 Categorize By File Size 49 91 GB TotalSpace 357 03 GB Categorize By Creation Time 16 45 GB Process Ti 10 80 Sec ias elec UN 1246 GB Performance 26936 Files S Categorize By Last Access Time 12 00 GB D Errors 0 E Categorize By Creation Date 6 88 GB fe Categorize By Modification Date 4 30 GB Read fe Categorize By Last Access Date y i Categorize By User Name By default DiskSorter categorizes file classification results by the file extension and shows a list of file extensions sorted by the amount of the used disk space For each category DiskSorter shows the number of files the amount of the used disk space and the percentage of the used disk space relative to other file categories Use the Categories combo box to categorize files by the file size user name creation last modification or last access dates
73. hical PDF Reports sssssssseeeeesse nnnm nnnm nhanh hn aan 20 3 11 Exporting Results to an SQL DatabaSe cc cccece ccc cee eens eee eens ee nean nmme nean ases sanas aane 21 3 12 Automatic Report Management sssiicacasnnaacnienaeniacaan wane i e a a i a i ia Ei 23 3 13 Classifying Multiple Disks or DirectOFle5 ussessuscuddaaenesddd Vade o DAR AO NAA LA da RU a ddr dd MEE Rr QR d RR d d 24 3 14 Classifying Network Shares Using UNC Path Names ssssssseeen nennen enhn 24 3 15 Classifying Files in One or More Servers eeseesesseeeeeeesenmn enean nnmmhn nanus men nasum 25 3 16 Classifying Files in All Servers on the Network ceseseeeeeeeeein eene nnnm nnne nnn nnns 26 3 17 Classifying Specific File Types or File Groups eeeeeseeeeeeeeee nim nnnm enhn nnm mnn 27 3 18 Advanced File Classification Options ssssseseeeessee nem nnne nnns 28 3 19 File Classification Performance ODORS vs vedayevas Au VES viU VE TUSUES AVES UI EVER VVETEFU NLVENDPEPPEEYAS ERE A FEAUA S PE 29 3 20 Automatically Organizing Files on the Disk sseseeessssseen mmm 32 3 21 Excluding Subdirectories from File Classification Process ceeeeeeennnnn nnnm nnn 33 0 22 Managing File ClassiricationPIUSlliSid uoi oustebetotutvar bist pM E bebu bU PababubL tu unatecchuunsaoetuneneveteptunsuseus a2 34 Sa20 WIDgONWS Shell THUS OLEO oet szupat CREE EE EEE E EE SOUPE DER
74. hortcuts Click on a shortcut item to edit the currently assigned key sequence Press the Default Shortcuts button to reset all keyboard shortcuts to default values Command Start Classification j Open Category Open Category Manage Profile Copy Selected Items Move Selected Items Delete Selected Items Continue Operation Pause Operation top Operation 1 1 H Ea The Proxy tab provides the user with the ability to configure the HTTP proxy settings DiskSorter uses the HTTP protocol in order to inquire whether there is a new product version available on the web site 37 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd 3 26 Using DiskSorter GUI Layouts In order to improve GUI usability the DiskSorter main GUI application provides three user selectable GUI layouts Press the Layouts button to switch the GUI application to the next GUI layout File Command Tools Help sna aae B 4 Classify Pause Stop Analyze Charts Save Up Options Profiles SP Category i Space amp Default Profile Archive Backup and Disk Image Files 367 43 GB 7 Classify All Disks O Movies Clips and Video Files 68 13 GB 13 0296 amp Classify NAS Server 4 Programs Extensions and Script Files 24 09 GB 4 60 5 Music and Audio Files 16 31 GB 3 12 C Images Pictures and Graphic Files 15 06 GB 2 88 9 Windows Files 12 36 GB 2 36 0 Miscellaneous Files 6 41 GB 1 23 i
75. ified 3 5 Years Ago Total Files 292177 TotalSpace 357 07 GB Process Ti 4 59 Sec D Errors 0 Last Modified Today Last Modified 1 2 Years Ago 9 Last Modified 2 7 Days Ago 9 Last Modified 1 3 Months Ago Performance 63697 Files S Last Modified Yesterday 9 Last Modified 2 3 Years Ago 116485 9976 8273 95 69 GB mee 26 80 96 65 56 GB 18 36 50 89 GB 14 25 44 83 GB 12 56 29 30 GB 8 20 18 59 GB 5 21 96 16 63 GB 6 TIT Ready Space 357 07 GB Files 292177 10 Extension Based Classification Plugin gt m Flexense Ltd DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd Another useful file classification plug in is the modification date file classification plug in which builds a hierarchy of modification dates and shows the amount of disk space and the number of files that were last modified during each specific period of time For date based file classification plugins file classification reports will show periods of time and file management operations will be performed on files that were last modified during a specific period of time File Lu o E gt a Classify Pause Stop Analyze Charts Save Up Database Layouts Options Profiles r3 Category Files Space amp Default Profile C Dec 2013 41 70 GB e t 9 Nov 2013 17 22 GB NEN 24 13 96 C3 Jul 2013 6 36 GB 8 90 C3 Jan 2013 2 57 GB 3 61 C3 May 2013 773 90 MB 1 06 3 Feb 20
76. irectories Scanning Mode 2 Threads 2 Count Disk Space By Actual Size on Disk V Save HTML Report d Mile classification reports m Ok Cancel In order to customize file classification performance options open the file classification profile dialog press the Options button and select the Advanced tab The Max Dir Scan Threads option sets the maximum number of parallel threads to use to scan input disks directories and or network shares This option is especially useful when processing a large number of network shares allowing one to mitigate the network latency and slowly responding servers and NAS storage devices The Processing Threads option sets the number of parallel file classification threads to use to classify files i General Advanced Rules Exclude Actions Default Report Title File Classification Report Max Report Levels 1000000 Max Items Per Level 100000 Sort Results By Disk Space Descending Process User Names Process and Show Files User Names Another option very significantly impacting the performance of file classification operations is the Show Files User Names option which is located on the General tab of the file classification profile options dialog When this option is enabled DiskSorter inquires user names for all processed files and saves files user names in the file classification report allowing one to show file classification st
77. ished with the file classification results File Classification Report File Mame alex siDocuments Disksorter Report 16 Apr 2015 123533 pdf Current Level Compact Text Report jS CoV Report XML Report PDF Report S s DiskSorter Report SOL Database In order to export a PDF report classify files in one or more disks directories or network shares and press the Save button located on the main toolbar On the save report dialog select the PDF report format enter a report title enter the name of the file to save the report to and press the Save button By default DiskSorter exports a short report showing the currently viewed category with all files and up to three levels of subcategories In order to export a full file classification report which may result in a very long PDF document for large file systems select the Full Report export mode Disk Sorter Report 22 Nov 21 E DSSS a D pm SET Des i Q E 4 100 DR nep sere File Classification Report 22 Nov 2012 File Classification Report Property Value Date 2012 11 22 Time 14 37 37 Total Files 93612 Total Space 289 26 GB Performance 32268 9 Files Sec Process Time 2 90 Sec Host Name flexcore User Name alex s Input Dir 1 d N Input Dir 2 Fok File Filter Active No Disk Space Usage Per File Extension Bl vor Files 181 81 GB B iso Files 60 21 GB B exe Files 10 33 GB B e Files 6 96 GB EJ RAR Files 5 41 GB E zip Files 4 11 GB
78. ister dialog enter your name and the received unlock key and press the Register button to finish the registration procedure If the computer is not connected to the Internet press the Manual Registration button and follow the displayed manual product registration instructions 42 DiskSorter File Classification 4 Using DiskSorter Server 4 1 DiskSorter Server Overview Flexense Ltd DiskSorter Server is a server based product version which runs in the background as a service and is capable of performing multiple parallel file classification operations save file classification reports submit reports to a centralized SQL database perform advanced history trend analysis operations etc File Command Tools Help B5 Bu Classify Add Delete Jobs Command Classify System Disk Classify All Disks 3 Classify Home Directories Classify NAS Server Date Time Message 14 Jan 2014 16 38 07 Classify Home Direc 14 Jan 2014 16 38 07 Classify NAS Server 14 Jan 2014 16 38 10 Classify System Disk 14 Jan 2014 16 38 15 Classify All Disks s Connected To admin srv2008 E WB s kg O Connect Layouts Options Help Last Start 14 Jan 2014 16 38 06 EB B t dl View Last Report N View All Reports i j Edit Command Copy Command Rename Command E Export Command Import Command amp Move Command Up w Move Comma
79. ith Last Access Date January 2014 ok Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 3 390 3 d X X amp e 7 E ypyg ii d i4 ds de i H 01 EJ a 2 2 2 5 26 27 328 329 30 31 1 E E g amp B d pa During the file classification process DiskSorter will process input directories and apply the specified file matching rules to all the existing files Files not matching the specified rules will be skipped from the file classification process and the file classification results will contain the user selected files only 27 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd 3 18 Advanced File Classification Options By default DiskSorter performs file classification using generic settings which should be appropriate for most users In addition IT and storage administrators are provided with a number of advanced configuration options allowing one to customize the file classification process for user specific needs and hardware configurations Default Report Title File Classification Report Max Report Levels 1000000 Max Items Per Level 1000000 Sort Results By Process User Names Process and Show Files User Names In order to customize the file classification process open the file classification profile dialog and press the Options button The General file classification options tab allows one to control the default report title the maximum number of r
80. ity to open saved file classification reports review file classification results generate various types of pie charts and export reports to a number of standard formats including HTML PDF text Excel CSV and XML 48 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd 4 5 Analyzing Disk Space Usage Per Host DiskSorter Server and DiskSorter Enterprise provide the ability to automatically detect all servers and NAS storage devices on the network classify files in hundreds of servers and or NAS storage devices via the network submit reports to the reports database and display charts showing the disk space usage per server or NAS storage device across the entire enterprise File Classification Report A commend Name contains Ele Date Time Command Host Inputs Results Title 2015 04 16 12 06 20 Classify FlexMS flexms flexms da 1768181 Files 1 00 TB File Classification Report M 2015 04 16 11 56 17 Classify All Disks flexcore c d f h 388738 Files 380 24 GB File Classification Report 2015 04 16 11 55 42 Classify System Disk flexcore c 205302 Files 47 47 GB File Classification Report 2015 04 16 11 55 03 Classify FlexSrv flexsrv flexsrv ale 16040 Files 7 51 GB File Classification Report M 2015 03 16 19 20 55 Classify Files By User srv2008 srv2008 u 182590 Files 24 47 GB File Classification Report 2015 03 16 19 09 13 Classify Files srv2k62 4 srv2k62 srv2k62 s 32721 Files 4 90 GB File Clas
81. l servers and or NAS storage devices available on the network In order to classify files in all servers on the network open the file classification dialog press the Add button located on the right side of the list of file classification locations select the All Servers on the Network mode and press the Ok button AllServers on the Network Comes DiskSorter will scan the network and show a list of servers and NAS storage devices detected on the network Select one or more servers or NAS storage devices to classify in and press the Ok button 18 Servers or NAS Storage Devices Selected Host Name Provider Comment bezeq Microsoft Windows Network Samba 3 3 4 y flexcore Microsoft Windows Metwork y flexmob Microsoft Windows Metwork flexms Microsoft Windows Network yg srv2003 Microsoft Windows Metwork y srv2008 Microsoft Windows Network srvzkll Microsoft Windows Metwork y srv2kl2 Microsoft Windows Network Tesan DiskSorter will scan the selected servers and show a list of network shares detected in the servers and NAS storage devices allowing one to select one or more network shares that should be processed During runtime DiskSorter will process the selected network shares in parallel using all CPUs available in the host computer DiskSorter is running on In order to be able to use this feature the user needs to have permissions to access network shares 60 Network Shares Selected Network
82. lassification Plugin Simple File Classification Plugin User Based Classification Plugin Modification Time Classification Plugin Creation Time Classification Plugin 9 Access Time Classification Plugin Size Based Classification Plugin Movies and Video Files Hidden Movies and Video Files Music and Audio Files x Hidden Music and Audio Files Pictures and Image Files Hidden Pictures and Image Files 34 Author Flexense Flexense Flexense Flexense View More Info Export To AML Format Export To FLA Format Delete Plugins Flexense Flexense DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd 3 23 Windows Shell Integration DiskSorter provides Windows shell integration capabilities allowing one to classify files directly from the Windows Explorer application In order to classify files in one or more disks or directories select the required disks or directories in the Windows Explorer application press the right mouse button and select the DiskSorter Classify Files menu item ce gt computer Search Computer p Organize Properties System properties Uninstall orchange a program LY Favorites 4 Hard Disk Drives 3 BE Desktop A Downloads L F 2 Recent Places 26 1 GB free o Disk Sorter Classify Files s disk d D Open in new window 3 Libraries ad HP Turn on BitLocker Documents Es disk f F Share with al Music Restore previous versions
83. lassification report to the DiskSorter native report format save to database This option saves a file classification report to an SQL Database through the ODBC interface configured on the DiskSorter GUI options dialog title Report Title This optional parameter specifies a custom report title label Report Label This optional parameter specifies a custom report label levels Report Levels This optional parameter specifies the number of class hierarchy levels to export to the report files per class Files Per Class This optional parameter specifies the number of files per class to export to the report show users This option enables processing and display of files user names perf FULL MEDIUM LOW FULL Full speed file classification MEDIUM Medium speed file classification LOW Low speed file classification scanners 1 16 This option sets the maximum number of directory scanning threads streams 1 16 This option specifies the number of parallel file classification threads DACL This parameter instructs to copy files access control lists DACL SACL This parameter instructs to copy files security control lists SACL OWNER This parameter instructs to copy files user group information V This command shows the product s major version minor version revision and build date help This command shows the command line usage information 40 DiskSorter Fi
84. lassify Home Direc 9 14 Jan 2014 16 38 07 Classify NAS Server Edit Command 9 14 Jan 2014 16 38 10 Classify System Dist Copy Command E 9 14 Jan 2014 16 38 15 Classify All Disks s Rename Command Connected To admin srv2008 EJ Export Command Import Command amp Move Command Up w Move Command Down ix Delete Command DiskSorter Server may be controlled using a full scale client GUI application which provides all features available in the desktop product version and additional capabilities allowing one to schedule periodic file classification operations and perform multiple parallel file classification operations on a number of servers and or NAS storage devices In addition to the client GUI application DiskSorter Enterprise provides a web based management interface allowing one to control one or more DiskSorter Servers using a regular web browser locally or via the network DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd DiskSorter Server and DiskSorter Enterprise provide the ability to scan the network detect all network servers and NAS storage devices execute one or more pre configured file classification commands on hundreds of network servers and NAS storage devices and generate an individual file classification report for each network server NAS storage device or network share Server Comment Shares Selected Total Used Free flexms Server 2008 R2 64 Bit a 4 33 TB 1 94
85. le Classification Flexense Ltd 3 28 Product Update Procedure Almost every month Flexense releases bug fixes and product updates for the DiskSorter file classification utility These product updates are uploaded to our web site and may be applied to any installed product version Each time DiskSorter is started the update manager checks if there is a new product version available If there is a new product update available the user will see an Update link in the right most corner of the status bar Install Release Notes Close In order to manually check if the currently installed product version is up to date select menu Help Check For Updates on the main menu bar The update manager will connect to the update server and check if there is a newer version of the product available for download If there is a new product version available the update dialog will show the version of the new product update and the following two buttons the Release Notes button and the Install button A Please close all Disk Sorter Pro applications and press Ok when ready Press the Release Notes button to see more information about new features and bug fixes provided by the new product version Press the Install button to download and install the new product version After pressing the Install button please wait while the update manager will download the new product version to the local disk The
86. le Classification Flexense Ltd 4 11 File Classification Reports For each file classification operation DiskSorter Server saves an individual file classification report In order to open the last report just click on the required file classification command link displayed on the DiskSorter Server home page In order to browse all reports press the Reports button located on the DiskSorter Server home page Firefox C o x M DiskSorter Server SRV2008 File Classi gt ft C D DiskSorter Server v4 6 38 srv2008 view reports sid 6575bc3b1f0ee3f7b5c82985013c6850 Home Settings Help About Logout 22 Nov 2012 15 29 04 File Classification Reports Command Classify Backup Disk Classify NAS Server Classify Data Disks Classify System Disk Classify Files by Last Access Date Classify Files by Last Access Date Classify Files by Modification Date Classify Files by Creation Date Classify Data Disks Classify Data Disks Classify NAS Server Classify Data Disks Classify System Disk Classify Backup Disk Classify Data Disks Classify Backup Disk Classify System Disk Files 112155 44690 458308 75608 163580 163579 163577 163575 163575 163572 75425 160312 75287 109062 160309 160320 75299 Date Time 15 01 22 14 59 29 14 58 37 14 56 43 12 30 43 12 30 17 12 27 37 12 26 16 12 23 57 12 22 11 14 03 17 18 38 06 18 37 38 18 37 20 18 37 13 17 54 00 17 52 19 2012 11 22
87. ler located on the bottom side of the reports page D gt A C 5rv2008 view reportsisid 5575bc3b1f0ee3 7b5c82985013c6850 DiskSorter Server v4 6 38 Home Settings Help About Logout 22 Nov 2012 15 29 42 File Classification Reports Filter Active 14 Reports Selected 5 Command Date Time Files Disk Space ie UJ A Classify System Disk 2012 11 22 14 56 43 75608 16 98 GB Classify Files by Last Access Date 2012 10 22 12 30 43 163580 303 01 GB Classify Files by Last Access Date 2012 10 22 12 30 17 163579 303 01 GB Classify Files by Modification Date 2012 10 22 12 27 37 163577 303 01 GB Classify Files by Creation Date 2012 10 22 12 26 16 163575 303 00 GB Classify Data Disks 2012 10 22 12 23 57 163575 303 00 GB Classify Data Disks 2012 10 22 12 22 11 163572 302 98 GB Classify NAS Server 2012 09 19 14 03 17 75425 16 96 GB Classify Data Disks 2012 06 25 18 38 06 160312 319 26 GB Classify System Disk 2012 06 25 18 37 38 75287 16 94 GB Classify Backup Disk 2012 06 25 18 37 20 109062 174 70 GB Classify Data Disks 2012 06 25 18 37 13 160309 319 26 GB Classify Backup Disk 2012 06 25 17 54 00 160320 319 30 GB Classify System Disk 2012 06 25 17 52 19 75299 16 94 GB e N N e N io e N eo iO N e N io N N e N i N I e mre xj Bx Bx Ge Ge Ge Ge Bx Gel Bx Be Be Be bel CE CE CE CE CE CE CE CE CE CE CE CE CE CE i ll Analyze Filter By Hos
88. less than 30 seconds There is no need for any additional software Just download the DiskSorter installation package run the setup program and you are done s 8 Welcome to the Disk Sorter Ultimate O a Ee 3 8 14 64 Bit Setup Wizard This wizard will guide you through the installation of Disk Sorter Ultimate 5 8 14 64 Bit It is recommended that you dose all other applications before starting Setup This will make it possible to update relevant system files without having to reboot your computer Click Next to continue 2007 2013 Flexense Ltd On the Welcome screen press the Next button Read the end user license agreement and press the I Agree button if you agree with the license terms or the Cancel button to stop the installation process Completing the Disk Sorter Ultimate d E maea 2 8 14 64 Bil Setup Wizard Disk Sorter Ultimate 5 8 14 64 Bit has been installed on your computer Click Finish to dose this wizard Run Disk Sorter Ultimate 5 8 14 64 Bit Add Disk Sorter Ultimate Desktop Icon Disk Sorter Ultimate 5 8 14 Release Notes i 2007 2013 Flexanse Ltd lt Back Finish Cancel Select the destination directory press the Install button and wait for the installation process to complete That s all you need to do to install the DiskSorter file classification utility on your computer DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd 3 2 Classif
89. loaded from the following page http www disksorter com downloads html 8S Welcome to the Disk Sorter Server ee i d E Tuus 8 14 64 Bit Setup Wizard This wizard will quide you through the installation of Disk Sorter Server 5 8 14 64 Bit It is recommended that you dose all other applications before starting Setup This will make it possible to update relevant system files without having to reboot your computer Click Next to continue ii 2007 2013 Flexense Ltd Due to the fact that the product is especially designed for servers running in production environments where stability is a major decision factor DiskSorter Server updates should be manually installed by the user In order to update an existing product installation download the latest product version and just start the setup program An existing installation of Disk Sorter Server 5 7 16 detected on this computer Do you want to replace it with Disk Sorter Server 3 8 14 7 The DiskSorter Server setup program will properly shutdown the running DiskSorter service update the product and restart the DiskSorter service after finishing the update procedure All product configuration files saved file classification commands file classification reports and product registration will remain valid and there is nothing to reconfigure or manage after the update 68 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd 4 24 Registering DiskSorter Server
90. mmand line On the next page select the Modify Security Settings option and specify a root password for the MySQL server which later will be used to configure regular MySQL users MySQL Server Instance Configuration Configure the MySQL Server 5 1 server instance Please set the security options M Modify Security Settings Mew root password pe Enter the root password root Pme Confirm re Retype the password Enable root access from remote machines Create An Anonymous Account This option will create an anonymous account on this server Please note that this can lead to an insecure system dr Cancel That s all Press the Next button to finish the installation procedure 75 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd 5 2 Configuring MySQL Database The MySQL database provides the mysql command line utility which may be used to configure the database and the user account to be used by DiskSorter m Command Prompt mysql u root er ITE TE u root p IEnter password Welcome to the MySQL monitor Commands end with or q Your MySQL connection id is Server version 5 1 48 community MySQL Community Server CGPL BT ype helpi or NW for help Type Nec to clear the current input statement mysql gt create database disksorter Query OK 1 row affected 8 81 sec mysql gt create user disksorter localhost identified hu password Query OK H rows affected 8 03
91. mum database performance Confiau iration W iss aem d 4l in onfiguration Wizarc MySQL Server Instance Configuration Configure the MySQL Server 5 1 server instance Please select a configuration type i Detailed d rn neptis Use this only on machines that do not already have a MySQL server installation This will use a general purpose configuration for the server that can be tuned manually On the next page select the Server Machine option which is the most balanced configuration for typical DiskSorter workloads If the server is intended to process large volumes of reports and is dedicated for DiskSorter select the Dedicated Server configuration option MySQL Server Instance Configuration Configure the MySQL Server 5 1 server instance Please select a server type This will influence memory disk and CPU usage C Developer Machine This is a development machine and many other applications will be run on it MySQL Server should only use a minimal amount of Several server applications will be running on this machine Choose this option for web application servers MySQL will have medium memory usage C Dedicated MySQL Server Machine This machine is dedicated to run the MySQL Database Server No other servers such as a web or mail server will be run MySQL will utilize up to all available memary Tcu RN _ 72 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd On the next page select the Non
92. n nnns 51 4 8 Managing File Classification Cormimiands ussusss veu vua da eaavuau ux eva wy dva eru vua oux va a vva ra vr va d er v e n 53 49 Tue Classification ResUlES s aaa cidacixada t bin ied Ota dudakaddadidka dans dicat cda dad admaE dq ERN d dica d dud dd 54 ee Fie Ca Nea Om EC Na een ee STUDENT 55 AIL POCS Caon o ERE mmm 56 a2 Periodic File Classil Calon JODS cersrsirrsetEne D D D D EI CDU 58 4 13 Analyzing File Classification History Trends sssssssssssssrrnsnrrsssrrrsnnrrnnnrrnnnnrrsnnnrrnnnrnsnnrrenna 59 ald MAJ cerises Tm i I S I I TU TMTMTM 60 4 15 Excluding Directories from the File Classification Process ccccccecccsee eee sees eee ee mmm 61 4 16 Using DiskSorter Server to Analyze Network Shares eessssseeeeeeeen nnne nnn nns 62 4 1 Configuring DISKSOrter Serv GM uescscsceauce uu uu uasa naia EEEE aad En re Dn d FN INN TP DK EENEE 63 4 18 Configuring Custom User Name and Password ccesssseeeeeeesesne nena n nnnm annnm nn 63 4 19 Consurma C stom Servel PODLSuseditedeondessepsodtdibduidaauiedt addidit dud pa EEEN EEVEE ENEN 64 4 20 Configuring E Mail NObEFICatlOFiS cssscsostbesEEEI SEE TEDEELEEURPUEUREEEREIEPEREPEDIPIEERUPPUEPUREEEPUIEPERUPEDPEPEEUS 64 4 21 Configuring SQL Database Integrati ini oon roti a mura cix e aac ra pd a a ix RI Rd d D oC 65 4 22 DiskSorter Server Command Line Utility uccooca aaa aad dd Fa xard a dau dana d d acd Ua ard id d VW Ei RW Dd 66 4 23 Updating
93. nd Disk Image Files 4344 282 62 GB 79 1596 LJ Programs Extensions and Script Files 28047 24 55 GB 6 87 L3 Windows Files 27848 19 55 GB 5 48 u Images Pictures and Graphic Files L Documents Books and Help Files 1 47 a Miscellaneous Files Sl oodd 1 23 Development Files Dye Ds 1 08 r L3 Music and Audio Files Copy To Clipboard 1 05 Input Directories 5 Unknown Files 0 31 Open Category eg C Lj Temporary Files Link Categories 0 19 La DA 73 Internet Files 0 17 M d Link Bm FA LJ Movies Clips and Video Files Sa aa esa 0 09 e HA O Game Files x 0 01 N 8 sj Copy To Directory Move To Directory 3 s Compress Selected Status Value Categorize By Extension p Total Dirs 39023 VDI Files E Compress and Copy To Total Files 290775 i ISO Files Total Space 357 07GB amp j SYS Files B Sompres one Move ees Process Ti 10 70 Sec DLL Files Performance 27170 Files S 87 EXE Files Delete Errors 0 amp JPG Files 1068 5 98 GE SS Rar Files 469 4 30 GB Ready Space 357 07 GB Files 290775 Default File Classification Plugin In order to display a pie chart showing the amount of the used disk space per file category press the Charts button located on the main toolbar In order to open a file category click on the category item in the main file classification results view Select one or more categorie
94. nd Down Add Analysis Command Start Command Start In Parallel Pause Command Stop Command View Errors Delete Command Data 93673 Files 22 85 GB Status Completed Completed Running Pending DiskSorter Server includes a full scale client GUI application providing all features available in the desktop product version and additional capabilities allowing one to classify files on multiple servers and NAS storage devices simultaneously schedule periodic file classification operations and perform advanced history trend analysis operations locally or via the network In addition DiskSorter Server includes a command line utility which may be used to control one or more servers locally or via the network perform file classification operations and save file classification reports from batch files and shell scripts rn l 5 m Move Delete Up Charts Save 2 e EB kB In LJ Archive Backup and Disk Image Files LJ Programs Extensions and Script Files L3 Windows Files LJ Images Pictures and Graphic Files LJ Documents Books and Help Files O Miscellaneous Files O Development Files 3 Music and Audio Files gt Unknown Files O Temporary Files O Internet Files Files 4361 28069 28093 49297 11070 47887 68923 715 9492 33189 14943 Space 282 64 GB 24 56 GB 19 89 GB 10 31 GB 5 29 GB 4 49 GB 3
95. nd Video Files 945 342119868 0 08 14 13 Game Files 60 3533866 0 E o T ge o 2 2 1i ES 5 6 8 ES 14 20 21 M 4 gt r Sheeti Sheet2 Sheet3 Ready 22 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd 3 12 Automatic Report Management DiskSorter allows one to keep a user specified number of reports in the reports directory or the reports SQL database while automatically deleting old reports and freeing up the disk space These features are especially useful for fully automated file classification operations when the user needs to keep a history of report files in a reports directory or a history of reports in an SQL database E Disk Sorter U Itimate Oj T ic n FE General Keep in Reports Director y 100 Last Reports e Reports Boog Keep in SOL Database 100 Last Reports Database ERRA 7 Shortcuts Excel CSV Reports Delimiter Comma G 1 Proxy Report Files Date Format DD MONAY lw Save File Categories Save Compressed Report Files B Save Cancel By default DiskSorter keeps last 100 reports in the reports directory or the SOL database In order to enable automatic report management open the Options dialog select the Reports tab and change the Report Files or Report Database options to appropriate values The Keep in Reports Directory option is applicable to HTML PDF text Excel CSV XML and DiskSorter native reports saved to a r
96. nd a command line utility which will be used to configure the MySQL server Please select a setup type i Typical Common program features will be installed Recommended for general use i Complete _ 4 Iv All program features will be installed Requires the most disk Custom i Choose which program features you want installed and where they Wi T will be installed Recommended for advanced users On the next setup page select the Configure the MySQL Server now option and press the Finish button The setup program will open a MySQL configuration wizard allowing one to configure basic server settings Wizard Completed Setup has finished installing MySQL Server 5 1 Click Finish to exit the wizard 4 Configure the MySQL Server now Use this option to generate an optimized MySQL config file setup a Windows service running on a dedicated port and to set the password for the root account Register the MySQL Server now Use this option to register this MySQL server with SunConnect service to receive automatic update notifications on future releases and other free offerings A browser window will open briefly to allow you to complete the registration 71 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd On the next setup page select the Detailed Configuration option and press the Next button The detailed configuration mode is required to configure the MySQL server for maxi
97. nd last access dates In order to start a file search operation classify one or more disks or directories and press the Search button located on the main toolbar ii File Name Extension C Full Path amp Category File Size File Attributes E User Name Created E Last Modified E Last Accessed E Creation Date E Modification Date E Last Access Date ite Nested Rules By default the search operation will be performed on all file classification results In order to search files in a specific file category select the category in the file classification results view press the right mouse button and select the Search Files menu item DiskSorter will search in the selected categories of files and display the file search results dialog showing a list of files matching the user specified criteria Name Directory Si Modified settings box left png CA Program Files Windows Sidebar Gadg 137 Bytes 10 Jun 2009 22 58 08 D h settings box divider right C Program Files Windows SidebarGadg 135 Bytes 10 Jun 2009 22 58 08 settings box divider left png C Program Files Windows Sidebar Gadq 135 Bytes 10 Jun 2009 22 58 08 I glass Irg png CA Program Files Windows Sidebar Gadg 443 Bytes 10 Jun 2009 22 58 08 settings box bottom png C Program Files Windows Sidebar Gadg 140 Bytes 10 Jun 2009 22 58 08 iy glass png C Program Files Windows Sidebar Gadgq 308 Bytes 10 Jun 2009 22 58 09 novelty settings
98. nd link Output Directory dir Directory 1 Directory X This command classifies the specified directories and moves files organized according to the selected file classification plugin to the output directory replacing original files with links pointing to files located in the output directory disksorter command Command Name dir Directory 1 Directory X This command classifies the specified directories and executes a custom command with the group class name as an argument for each classified file 39 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd Parameters dir Directory This parameter specifies an input directory disk or a network share for the file classification command In order to ensure proper parsing of command line arguments directories containing space characters should be double quoted Options save html report File Name This option saves an HTML file classification report to the specified file save text report File Name This option saves a text file classification report to the specified file save csv report File Name This option saves an Excel CSV file classification report to the specified file save xml report File Name This option saves an XML file classification report to the specified file save pdf report File Name This option saves a PDF file classification report to the specified file save report File Name This option saves a file c
99. network Share classified using a single CPU to 23 800 Files Sec when 4 network shares are processed simultaneously using 8 parallel file classification threads File Classification Performance Over the Network Files Sec Performance 1 Thread 2 Threads 4 Threads 8 Threads Number of Processing Threads DiskSorter www disksorter com In such a configuration the performance of file classification operations highly depends on the number of parallel threads used to scan network shares and the number of parallel threads used to classify files For high speed low latency networks the number of parallel threads used to scan directories should be equal to the number of parallel file classification threads For slow high latency networks it is possible to reach a high file classification speed when classifying a large number of network shares simultaneously and using a large number of parallel directory scanning threads File Classification Performance Over the Network Files Sec With Showing Files User Names Performance 1 Thread 2 Threads 4 Threads 8 Threads Number of Processing Threads DiskSorter www disksorter com When the same file classification operation is performed with the option to show files user names enabled the performance of the file classification operation drops dramatically to just 150 Files Sec for a single threaded operation and scales up to 1 136 Files Sec when files are classified using 8 par
100. nown Files 140 42 MB Internet Files 55 73 MB Development Files 35 51 MB Temporary Files 26 76 MB Movies Clips and Video Files Others Up Home Save Report Show Disk Space Per Category Properties Close A file classification report shows file categories sorted by the amount of the used disk space according to the file classification plugin used during the file classification operation In order to open a file category just click on the category name In order to go to the parent category press the Up button located in the bottom left corner of the report view Firefox ex lh x DiskSorter Server SRV2008 Classify D gt fe C E sv200 vc report sid 6575bc3b1f0ee3f7b5c82985013c6850 amp rid 31 DiskSorter Server v4 6 38 Home Settings Help About Logout 22 Nov 2012 15 55 16 Classify Data Disks Save Report Report Title File Classification Report Report Format PDF Report PDF Report Max Files Per Class yy Report CSV Report Max Report Levels Text Report DiskSorter Server provides the ability to export file classification reports to a number of standard formats such as HTML PDF XML Excel CSV and text In order to export a report to one of the standard formats press the Save Report button 54 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd 4 10 File Classification Charts DiskSorter Server provides multiple types of file classification
101. nsion Based Classification Plugin amp Simple File Classification Plugin Modification Time Classification Plugin Creation Time Classification Plugin E Access Time Classification Plugin E Modification Date Classification Plugin E Creation Date Classification Plugin E Access Date Classification Plugin Size Based Classification Plugin C Movies and Video Files 2 Hidden Movies and Video Files 2 Music and Audio Files 2 Hidden Music and Audio Files Pictures and Image Files Hidden Pictures and Image Files operations will be performed on one or more selected file extensions La qt Classify Pause Profiles Default Profile se B Analyze Charts Save Category L3 VDI Files L3 ISO Files L3 SYS Files L3 DLL Files L3 EXE Files C JPG Files L3 RAR Files 5 ZIP Files Input Directories E L3 MP3 Files L3 GZ Files L3 CAB Files L3 NOEXT Files L3 DOC Files L3 HXS Files C 3643236F FC70 11 Files L3 NEF Files Up ko EH Database Layouts Options Help Space Space 75 217 04 GB 60 78 49 91 GB 13 98 1645 GB 4 61 1246 GB 3 49 95 12 00 GB 3 36 6 90 GB 1 93 4 30 GB 1 20 416 GB 1 16 3 73 GB 1 05 2 48 GB 0 69 1 62 GB 0 45 1 58 GB 0 44 1 55 GB 0 43 1 55 GB 0 43 1 20 GB 0 34 1 18 GB 0 33 1 Status Value Categorize By Modification Time v E z File Categories Total Dirs 39027 Last Mod
102. ogram Files Disk Sorter Ultimate sounds Operation Completed C Program Files Disk Sorter Ultimate sounds Operation Completed With Errors C Program Files Disk Sorter Ultimate sounds Operation Failed C Program Files Disk Sorter Ultimate sounds Click on an item to set a custom sound file In order to open the Notification Sounds dialog select the Tools Notification Sounds menu item The Notifications Sounds dialog shows all the available sound notifications and allows one to enable or disable specific sound notifications Organize New folder notification ia Libraries j operation completed Es Documents operation completed with errors a Music operation failed l Pictures operation started BE Videos e Homegroup Ll Computer E diske C Tila disk d D ima disk f F File name operation started In order to select a custom notification sound file click on a notification sound item in the sounds list and select a custom WAV file In order to play a notification sound select the required notification sound in the sounds list and press the Play button 36 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd 3 25 Customizing DiskSorter GUI Application Select the Tools Advanced Options menu item to open the options dialog General v Show Main Toolbar Enable Windows Shell Extension V Auto Close Successfully Completed Tasks S Databas
103. ontinue 2007 2013 Flexense Ltd The installation package is very small 5MB 6MB depending on the target operating system and the product requires just 20MB of the free disk space on the target server In order to install DiskSorter Server start the setup program select a destination directory and press the Next button Disk Sorter Server control and web access ports FILE CLASSIFICATION Enter Disk Sorter Server control and Web access ports Server Control Port Server Web Access Port Disk Sorter Server may be managed using a Web browser through the web access port or using the command line utility through the control port If you need to control the product through the network make sure these ports are open in the host s firewall NSIS v2 46 Optionally enter custom server control and or web access ports The server control port is used by the DiskSorter client GUI application and the command line utility and the web access port is the port for the web based management interface allowing one to control DiskSorter Enterprise using a standard web browser If DiskSorter Server should be controlled remotely through the network make sure one or both of these ports are open in the server s firewall 44 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd 4 3 Using DiskSorter Server Client GUI Application In order to perform a simple file classification operation using the DiskSorter client GUI application pr
104. ows Server 2012 Windows Server 2012 R2 64 Bit Operating Systems Windows XP 64 Bit Windows Vista 64 Bit Windows 7 64 Bit Windows 8 64 Bit Windows 8 1 64 Bit Windows 10 64 Bit Windows Server 2003 64 Bit Windows Server 2008 64 Bit Windows Server 2012 64 Bit Windows Server 2012 R2 64 Bit 5 6 System Requirements Minimal System Configuration Supported Operating System 1 GHz or better CPU 512 MB of system memory 25 MB of free disk space Recommended System Configuration Supported Operating System 2 GHz single core or dual core CPU 1 GB of system memory 25 MB of free disk space 79
105. ows one to pause resume the file classification operation and dynamically change the speed of the file classification operation 45 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd Once the file classification process is completed DiskSorter will show the file classification results dialog which will display top level file categories and second level sub categories sorted by the amount of the used disk space In order to open a top level file category just click on the top level category item in the file classification results view E Analyze Name Files Space Archive Backup and Disk Image Files 4361 282 64 GB Programs Extensions and Script Files 28069 24 56 GB Windows Files 28093 19 89 GB WB s55 Ss Images Pictures and Graphic Files 288 z w I L3 Documents Books and Help Files gu Anshee s 1 3 Miscellaneous Files Development Files Wie O Music and Audio Files E Unknown Files X Copy de a Temporary Files Hs Move To 3 Internet Files E Categorize By Extension zi E Compress Selected VDI Files Compress and Copy To ISO Files la SYS Files i Compress and Move To LL amp DLL Files in EXE Files x Delete Selected Files 297012 Files 357 88 GB Default File Cla Copy Details To Clipboard Open Category The file classification results dialog allows one to review file classification results save file
106. plify the file classification process for networked computers and or NAS storage devices DiskSorter allows one to specify directories that should be processed using UNC path names without mounting each network share as a local disk When working with UNC path names it is important to keep in mind that all file management operations such as copy move and delete will be performed using UNC path names and the user should have appropriate permissions on each specific network share and or NAS storage device 15 Directories Selected for Classification Classify Disks Directories and Network Shares L3 Mflexcorekdisk h L3 WflexmsNbackup 73 flexms data L3 Wflexmsdisk d B amp Default File Classification Plugin 24 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd 3 15 Classifying Files in One or More Servers DiskSorter allows one to classify files in all network shares of one or more servers or NAS storage devices on the network In order to classify files in one or more servers open the file classification dialog press the Add button located on the right side of the list of file classification locations select the Servers or NAS Devices mode and enter one or more host names or IP addresses separated by the semicolon character DiskSorter will scan the network and show a list of network shares detected in the specified servers and NAS storage devices allowing one to select one or more network shares that
107. png C Program Files Windows Sidebar Gadg 28 04 KB 10 Jun 2009 22 58 08 dial sml png C Program Files Windows Sidebar Gadg 2 96 KB 10 Jun 2009 22 58 09 novelty s png CA Program Files Windows Sidebar Gadg 2 85 KB 10 Jun 2009 22 58 08 dial Irg sml png C Program Files Windows Sidebar Gadg 3 00 KB 10 Jun 2009 22 58 09 novelty m png C Prog ram Files Windows sideba rGadg 2 91 KB m Jun 2009 22 i s i Categorize By Extension Ba PNG Files 235 05 MB JPG Files 740 GB ICO Files 767 81 MB Se GIF Files 10 23 MB BMP Files 179 25 MB Date 2015 11 19 Time 16 14 18 Results 50859 Files 10 78 GB The search results dialog allows one to filter and categorize file search results display various types of pie charts copy move and or delete files export file search results to a number of standard report formats including PDF HTML text Excel CSV and XML In addition advanced users are provided with the ability to export file search results to an SQL database 18 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd 3 9 Saving File Classification Reports DiskSorter Pro provides power computer users with the ability to export file classification reports to the HTML PDF XML Excel CSV and text formats In order to export a file classification report classify one or more disks or directories and press the Report button located on the main toolbar File Classification Report File Name lex s Documents DiskSort
108. quired file categories in the category view press the right mouse button select the Link Categories menu item and enter the destination directory where the file hierarchy should be constructed in DiskSorter will reconstruct the file hierarchy in the specified destination directory and populate it with links pointing to files in the processed file system Now it will be possible to navigate the logical file hierarchy using a regular file manager application By default DiskSorter just displays file classification results in the category view allowing the user to manually perform file management operations on specific files or file categories Sometimes users may need to automate the file classification process and to perform automatic file classification operations on the fly without showing the file classification results DiskSorter Ultimate provides the following automatic file classification modes e Classify and Build Links Hierarchy In select this option and specify a destination directory to construct an organized hierarchy of directories and populate it with links to original files according to file classification results e Classify and Copy File Hierarchy To selects this option and specify a destination directory to construct an organized hierarchy of directories and populate it with copies of original files according to file classification results e Classify and Move File Hierarchy To select this option and specify a destina
109. rmance impact on production servers To slow down a file classification command open the command page press the Options button select the Low Speed performance mode and press the Save button 58 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd 4 13 Analyzing File Classification History Trends System and storage administrators are provided with the ability to analyze how file classification results are changing over time In order to be able to perform the file classification history trend analysis the user needs to setup one or more periodic file classification commands or manually perform multiple file classification operations over time I Firefox v7 Disk Sorter Server SRV2008 Analyze R C fe EB x 502008 view reports sid f3cal622322675668320 Disk Sorter Server v5 6 14 Home Settings Help About Logout 11 Sep 2013 13 50 16 Analyze Disk Space Usage Reports Analysis Type Analyze Disk Space Usage Per Host Iz Analyze Disk Space Usage Per Host i pace Usage Per User With multiple file classification reports saved in the report database press the Reports button located on the main status page press the Analyze button select the Analyze Disk Space Usage History option and press the Analyze button DiskSorter Server will generate a list of charts one for each set of directories in each analyzed server and or NAS storage device t gt Fe E sv2008 analyze reports sid f2ca1
110. rocess Unicode file names this option may be set to the standard Latini character set MySQL Server Instance Can MySQL Server Instance Configuration Configure the MySQL Server 5 1 server instance Please select the default character set Standard Character Set Makes Latini the default charset This character set is suited for English and other West European languages C Best Support For Multilingualism Make UTFS the default character set This is the recommended character set for storing text in many different languages Manual Selected Default Character Set Collation Please specify the character set to use Character Set latin w Cancel 74 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd On the next page select the Install as Windows Service option and select the Include Bin Directory in Windows PATH option The PATH option will enable execution of the MySQL command line utility from any location re wecedr acer WAT eee utdt ion Ui li zara TET MySQL Server Instance Configuration Configure the MySOL Server 5 1 server instance Please set the Windows options i Install As Windows Service This is the recommended way to run the MySQL server on Windows Service Name MysQL T W Launch the MySQL Server automatically Check this option ta include the directory containing the server client executables in the Windows PATH variable so they can be called from the co
111. rt open the file classification command press the Options button select the Always Save checkbox select the SQL database report format and press the Save button DiskSorter Server 9 SRV2008 Classify D 9 srv2008 edit command options sid bcc7a09fadfad32d39b327440b63f827 amp cid 3 gt alen DiskSorter Server v4 1 24 Home Settings Help About Logout 25 Jun 2012 19 23 17 Classify Data Disks Command Options Report Title Report History Files Per Class Performance Mode Scanning Mode Always Save File Classification Report 10 1000000 Full Speed Parallel Report To SQL Database PDF Report To XML Report To CSV Report To HTML Report To Text Report To Report To SQL Database DiskSorter Server exports SQL database reports through the ODBC database interface which should be configured to operate properly In order to configure the ODBC database interface click on the Configure SQL Database link located on the main settings page enable the ODBC database interface specify the ODBC data source ODBC user name and password to use to Save reports to the SQL database i Firefox v mam DiskSorter Server SRV2008 Setup OD Ae I srv2008 setup odbc sid bcc7a99fadfad32d39b327440b631827 DiskSorter Server v4 1 24 Home Settings Help About Logout 25 Jun 2012 19 06 04 Setup ODBC Database Interface
112. s classes and or files and press the right mouse button to perform a file management operation on the selected items For example select a file category press the right mouse button and select the Copy To menu item to copy all files related to the selected category to a directory DiskSorter File Classification 3 3 File Classification Plug ins DiskSorter classifies files using a number of built in file classification plug ins capable of recognizing more than 3 000 types of files The default file classification plug in categorizes files into a logical hierarchy of file types sorted by the amount of disk space per file category In order to change the file classification plug in used for a file classification operation open the file classification profile dialog click on the file classification plug ins combo box and select an appropriate file classification plug in DiskSorter classifies files shows file classification results saves reports and allows one to perform file management operations on categories of files according to the currently selected file classification plug in For example the extension based file classification plug in builds a hierarchy of file extensions and shows the used disk space and the number of file for each file extension All file classification reports will show a list of file extensions and file management s WETSUIT Hie LiassiTicsatiorn Hugin amp Default File Classification Plugin amp j Exte
113. s to the exclude list open the file classification profile dialog press the Options button select the Exclude tab and press the Add button AII files and subdirectories located in the specified exclude directory will be excluded from the file classification process In addition advanced users are provided with a number of exclude directories macro commands allowing one to exclude multiple directories using a single macro command DiskSorter provides the following exclude directories macro commands SBEGINS Text String this macro command excludes all directories beginning with the specified text string CONTAINS Text String this macro command excludes all directories containing the specified text string SENDS Text String this macro command excludes all directories ending with the specified text string SREGEX Regular Expression this macro command excludes directories matching the specified regular expression For example the exclude macro command CONTAINS Temporary Files will exclude all directories with Temporary Files at any place in the full directory path and the exclude macro command REGEX TMP TEMP will exclude directories ending with TMP or TEMP 33 DiskSorter File Classification 3 22 Managing File Classification Plugins Flexense Ltd A standard DiskSorter installation includes the Default File Classification Plug in which is capable of recognizing more than 3 000 of
114. se Stop Analyze Charts Save Up Database Layouts Options Profiles 4 Category Files Space amp Default Profile L3 Archive Backup and Disk Image Files 4344 282 62 GB LJ Programs Extensions and Script Files 28047 24 55 GB 6 87 L3 Windows Files 27848 19 55 GB s 5 48 amp Images Pictures and Graphic Files o L3 Documents Books and Help Files Open Category 1 47 O Miscellaneous Files 1 23 O Development Files KD Analyze Ds 1 08 y 0 Music and Audio Files Copy To Clipboard 1 05 Input Directories La Lj Unknown Files 0 31 cA L3 Temporary Files Link Categories 0 19 Ba DA O Internet Files 0 17 B FA Movies Clips and Video Files Mov BN ESR e 0 09 a HA 1 3 Game Files 0 01 5 ict wn EN o m P Copy To Directory Move To Directory _ z Compress Selected Status Value Categorize By Extension i P Total Dirs 39023 VDI Files Compress and Copy To 2 Total Files 290775 t ISO Files T dive Total Space 357 07 GB amp SYS Files AM neis ci aa 4 61 Process Ti 10 70 Sec DLL Files 3 49 Performance 27170 Files S amp EXE Files x 3 36 D Errors 0 JPG Files 6 88 GB 1 93 RAR Files 4 30 GB 1 20 Space 357 07 GB Files 290775 Default File Classification Plugin DiskSorter provides a number of built in file classification plugins capable of recognizing more than 3 000 types of files and allowing one to classify files by the
115. should be processed In order to be able to use this feature the user needs to have permissions to access network shares 11 Hetwork Shares Selected Network Shares Accessible Total Space Used Space Free Space y srv2008 output E srv2008 source IV Vsrv2008 target vg flexms backup y fleans data v flexms disk_d v flexms disk_e d flexms disk_f Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 10 03 GB 10 00 GB 9 97 GB 59617 GB 596 17 GB 44 03 GB 119 24 GB 951 51 GB 19 23 MB 118 82 MB 76 91 MB 191 53 GB 191 63 GB 5 78 GB 101 59 GB 425 86 GB 9 95 GB 9 88 GB 9 89 GB 404 54 GB 404 54 GB 38 25 GB 17 55 GB 505 66 GB The network shares scanning operation may be performed multiple times for different servers and NAS storage devices and an unlimited number of network shares from different servers may be added to the file classification operation During runtime DiskSorter will classify files in all the specified network shares in parallel using all CPUs and or CPU cores available in the host computer DiskSorter is running on 11 Directories Selected for Classification Classify Disks Directories and Network Shares L3 Wsrvz O8target Lj flem backup L3 flexms data g Wflexms disk d amp Default File Classification Plugin 25 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd 3 16 Classifying Files in All Servers on the Network Another option is to classify and categorize files in al
116. sification Report 2015 03 16 19 09 05 Classify Files srv2k61 3 srv2k61 srv2k61 s 32721 Files 4 90 GB File Classification Report 2015 03 16 19 08 55 Classify Files srv2k60 2 srv2k60 Wsrv2k60 Ns 32721 Files 4 90 GB File Classification Report 2015 03 16 19 08 46 Classify Files srv2k63 1 srv2k63 srv2k63 s 32721 Files 4 90 GB File Classification Report 2015 03 16 19 08 35 Classify Files srv2008 0 srv2008 srv2008 d 688425 Files 30 52 GB File Classification Report Dispalyed 10 E save Summary qalnavzes i mort E Bort ix pelete Reports 10 Disk Space Usage Per Host s amp Disk Space Usage Per User View Top 100 Files In order to analyze disk space usage per server perform one or more file classification operations on multiple servers and or NAS storage devices open the Reports dialog press the Analyze button and select the Analyze Disk Space Usage Per Host menu item DiskSorter will analyze all reports saved in the reports database and display the hosts analysis dialog showing the disk space usage per host Disk Space Usage Per Host rv2008 erv2ko3 srvZko0 srvZkol E 1 0078 66 71 flexms le 427 71 GB 54 99 GB 92 7h 27 93 flexcore ery 2008 srv2 k62 flexsrv flexcore flexms 7 51GB flexsrv 4 90 GB I 4 90 GB 480GB 4 90 GB 0 49 0 32 srvZk62 0 32
117. specified user account and will have exactly the Same permissions as the specified account when accessing network shares and NAS storage devices 62 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd 4 17 Configuring DiskSorter Server DiskSorter Server provides a variety of configuration options allowing one to easily integrate the product into a user specific network environment In order to open the main settings page click on the Settings link located on the top menu bar Disk Sorter Server SRV2008 Settings gt C d E GOQG s2008 ctingssid ddfd45153b55d93649cbe516b08f5d31 Disk Sorter Server v5 5 12 Home Settings Help About Logout 05 Aug 2013 15 35 08 Disk Sorter Server Settings Schedule Periodic Jobs Configure Server Login tj Advanced Server Options Configure Server Ports D View Message Console S Configure E Mail Server About Disk Sorter Server H Configure SQL Database 4 18 Configuring Custom User Name and Password The DiskSorter Server web based management console requires users to login with a DiskSorter user name and password The default user name and password is set to admin admin In addition DiskSorter Server provides the ability to set a custom user name and or password for the DiskSorter web based management interface and the command line utility which may be used to automate configuration and management tasks Cc E 2 srv2008 setup login sid bcc7a99fadfad32d39b32744
118. t SRV2008 Delete All Close By default DiskSorter Server keeps a history of 10 last reports for each file classification command Reports are saved in the reports directory which may be configured on the Reports settings page In order to open a file classification report listed in the reports view click on the required report ID link gt fe C E v008 aec report sid 6575bc3b1f0ee3 7b65c82985013c6850 amp rid 31 DiskSorter Server v4 6 38 Home Settinas Help About Logout 22 Nov 2012 15 55 16 Classify Data Disks Save Report Report Title File Classification Report Report Format PDF Report 4 PDF Report Max Files Per Class XML Report CSV Report Max Report Levels Text Report DiskSorter Server provides the ability to export file classification reports to a number of standard formats such as HTML PDF XML Excel CSV and text In order to export a report to one of the standard formats press an appropriate Save button located in the Tools column 57 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd 4 12 Periodic File Classification Jobs DiskSorter Server allows one to setup a number of periodic file classification jobs with each one configured to perform one or more file classification commands at specific time intervals In order to add a periodic file classification job press the Periodic Jobs button located on the DiskSorter Server home page and press the Add button
119. te subdirectories in the destination directory 49184 Files selected For Copy Destination Directory d mage and Picture Files l Advanced Options Gi start Cancel In order to move files related to a file category to another location select the file category in the file classification results view press the right mouse button and select the Move To Directory menu item In addition the user is provided with the ability to delete all files related to one or more selected file categories Another useful file management operation provided by DiskSorter is the ability to compress files related to one or more selected file categories DiskSorter uses the GZ file compression method which is applied to individual files making it possible to selectively compress specific types of files which are using a significant amount of disk space In addition to the in place file compression operation DiskSorter provides the ability to copy and compress files in the destination directory and move and compress files in the destination directory 15 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd Sometimes it may be required to perform file management operations on groups of files matching multiple user specific criteria For example let s assume that the user needs to copy all types of documents that were modified yesterday to another directory In order to perform such an operation classify one or more disks or directories using
120. the DiskSorter Enterprise web based management interface using the default admin admin user name and password The DiskSorter Enterprise home page shows the status of the server and allows one to configure file classification commands setup periodic file classification jobs and review file classification reports 51 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd The web based interface provides the following two file classification modes the quick file classification mode which is an easy to use mode for simple file classification operations and the file classification commands mode which provides the ability to pre configure a number of customizable file classification commands and allows one to control an extensive set of advanced features and configuration options cunn 5 DiskSorter Server SRV2008 Classify Fi 2 e t Ey et srv2008 clas sify sid 9a2d62bef262 DiskSorter Server v5 0 22 Home Settings Help About Logout 11 Mar 2013 15 05 43 Classify Files DefaultFile Classification Plugin Classify All Computer Hard Disks In order to simple classify files in one or more disk or directories using the quick classification mode press the Classify button located on the DiskSorter Server home page and specify disks directories or network shares to classify no Firefox M mp DiskSorter Server SRV2008 Classify Fi gt GC Fe EB OG 5rv2008 classify sid 9a2d62bef26231026678bded14al 04
121. the default file classification plug in and select the Categorize By Modification Time file categorization mode File Command Tools Help 00280 e EB amp OC Classify Pause Analyze Charts Save Up Database Layouts Options Help Profiles Lr Category Files Space Space Default Profile L3 Archive Backup and Disk Image Files 4344 282 62 GB 5969 L3 Programs Extensions and Script Files 28051 24 55 GB M 687 1 C3 Windows Files 27848 19 55 GB 54 E Images Pictures and Graphic Files 49184 10 28 GB 288 X L3 Documents Books and Help Files 11055 5 29 GB 148 X L3 Development Files 68923 3 86 GB 10o L3 Miscellaneous Files 47758 4 39 GB 123 Music and Audio Files 715 375 GB 105 Input Directories 5 Unknown Files 9103 111 GB C oz c L3 Temporary Files 29615 728 54 MB 020 i amp DA G Internet Files 14857 639 71 MB 017 amp 3 FA L3 Movies Clips and Video Files 905 322 58 MB 0 09 HA L3 Game Files 59 3 36 MB Status Value Categorize By Modification Time v File Categories we Total Dirs 39035 Last Modified 3 5 Years Ago 116485 95 69 GB 2 TetalFiles 292417 Last Modified 1 2 Years Ago 9976 65 56 GB 9b 3 amp TotalSpace 357 05 GB Last Modified 2 7 Days Ago 8257 50 89 GB 5m 14259 O Process Ti 10 70 Sec Last Modified 1 3 Months Ago 8559 44 83 GB Performance 27324 Files S Last
122. tion directory to construct an organized hierarchy of directories and move all classified files into that hierarchy according to file classification results e Move Files To and Link Originals select this option and specify a destination directory to construct an organized hierarchy of directories and move all classified files into that hierarchy according to the selected file classification plug in while replacing original files with links pointing to classified files in the specified destination directory e Execute Custom Command select this option and specify a custom command or a script file to be executed for each classified file For each classified file DiskSorter will execute the specified custom command and pass the full name of the file and the full class name as the first and the second command line arguments respectively 32 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd 3 21 Excluding Subdirectories from File Classification Process Sometimes it may be required to exclude one or more subdirectories from the file classification process For example if you need to classify files stored on a disk excluding one or two special directories you may specify the whole disk as an input directory and add the directories that should be skipped to the exclude list z r File Classification Options Exclude Directories SBEGINS C Windows SCONTAINS Temporary Files 3 SREGEX V TMP TEMP S In order to add one or more directorie
123. ts Options Help Profiles 4 Category Files Space Space 95 amp Default Profile LJ Archive Backup and Disk Image Files 4344 282 62 GB 79 15 LJ Programs Extensions and Script Files 28051 24 55 GB 6 87 L3 Windows Files 27848 19 55 GB 5 48 u Images Pictures and Graphic Files Documents Books and Help Files C Miscellaneous Files G Development Files DINER ee 0 Music and Audio Files Copy To Clipboard Le L3 Unknown Files t Temporary Files Link Categories as Internet Files Move and Link LJ Movies Clips and Video Files 1 3 Game Files Open Category Copy To Directory ETA Move To Directory Compress Selected Status Value Categorize By Extension Total Dirs 39035 9 VDI Files Compress and Copy To Total Files 292417 i ISO Files TotalSpace 357 05 GB a SYS Files Process Ti 10 70 Sec amp amp DLL Files m Performance 27324 Files S CE EXE Files i Melee D Errors 0 E JPG Files 14246 6 90 GB RAR Files 469 4 30 GB Ready Space 357 05 GB Files 292417 Default File Classification Plugin Compress and Move To On the file copy dialog enter a destination directory to copy files related to the selected file categories and press the Start button DiskSorter will recreate the selected hierarchy of file categories in the destination directory and copy all files related to the selected file categories to appropria
124. update package will be downloaded to a temporary directory on the system drive and automatically deleted after the update manager will finish updating the product After download is completed close all open DiskSorter applications and press the Ok button when ready If one or more DiskSorter applications will be open during the update the operation will fail and the whole update process will need to be restarted from the beginning After finishing the update process DiskSorter will show a message box informing about the successfully completed operation 41 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd 3 29 Product Registration Procedure DiskSorter licenses and discounted license packs may be purchased on the following page http www disksorter com purchase html After finishing the purchase process wait for the following two e mail messages the first one with a receipt for your payment and the second one with an unlock key If you will not receive your unlock key within 24 hours please check your spam box for e mail messages originating from support flexense com and if it is nor here contact our support team Customer Name Your Company Mame Unlock Key XXXX XXXX XXX NOUO Buy Now Manual Registration After you will receive your unlock key start the DiskSorter GUI application and press the Register button located in the top right corner of the window On the reg
125. xcore Title File Classification Report Disk Space Usage Per Class Disk Space Usage Per Modification Time Number of Files Per Class lumber of Files Per Modification Time Ls In addition the charts dialog provides the user with the ability to copy the displayed chart image to the clipboard allowing one to easily integrate DiskSorter charts into user s documents and presentations In order to customize the chart s description press the Options button and specify a custom chart date time or title 12 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd 3 5 Using File Categories and File Filters In addition to the primary file classification results which are displayed in the top level view DiskSorter allows one categorize file classification results by the file extension size user name creation last modification and last access dates etc After finishing the file classification process DiskSorter performs automatic file categorization and fills the bottom view with the list of detected file categories according to the selected file categorization mode SW Oaeadeorte et we si e Analyze Charts Save Up Database Layouts Options Help Classify Pause Profiles LU Category Files Space Space amp Default Profile LJ Archive Backup and Disk Image Files 4344 282 62 GB E 79 16 LJ Programs Extensions and Script Files 28047 24 55 GB W 687 0 L3 Windows Files 27848 19 55 GB 5 48 L3 Images Pictures and Grap
126. y 89 FA E3 HA Compress Selected Compress and Copy To Compress and Move To Delete Status Value Categorize By Modification Time File Filter is Active Total Dirs 39035 Last Modified 3 5 Years Ago 116485 95 69 GB 26 80 TotalFiles 292417 Last Modified 1 2 Years Ago 9976 65 56 GB 18 36 TotalSpace 357 05 GB Last Modified 2 7 Days Ago 8257 50 89 GB 14 25 Process Ti 10 70 Sec Last Modified 1 3 Months Ago 8559 44 83 GB 12 56 Performance 27324 Files S Last Modified Yesterday 1493 29 25 GB Jj Errors 0 Last Modified 2 3 Years Ago 13694 18 59 GB 5 21 96 amp Last Modified Today 1024 16 65 GB 4 66 Ready Space 29 25 GB Files 1493 Default File Classification Plugin 3 R E gt 1 A a t5 z m When a file filter is active all file management operations such as file copy move compress and or delete will be performed on files matching the selected file filter Moreover the user is provided with the ability to control advanced file copy file delete and data wiping options for each specific file management operation 16 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd 3 7 Analyzing File Classification Results The main category view in the DiskSorter GUI application shows file classification results according to the logical hierarchy of file categories and classes as defined in the selected file
127. y Analyze View Top Files Export To SQL Database Input Directories 4 Music and Audio Files Copy Te Clipboard O Internet Files O Temporary Files LJ Movies Clips and Video Files O Game Files Link Categories Move and Link D c Copy To Directory Move To Directory VDI Files ies ISO Files s SYS Files 8 DLL Files i JPG Files ie EXE Files RAR Files Space 379 46 GB Status Value L3 Total Dirs 45656 Total Files 386298 TotalSpace 379 46 GB Process Time 15 71 Sec Performance 24589 Files S D Errors 0 Compress Selected 13 26 4 35 iS Default File Classification Plugin Compress and Copy To Compress and Move To D mem B Delete Files 386298 Once finished configuring the ODBC database interface select one or more file categories press the right mouse button select the Export To SQL Database menu item and enter the name of the SQL database table to export file classification results to DiskSorter will connect to the specified SQL database and export the selected file classification results to the specified SQL database table 21 DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd In order to import file classification results from an SQL database to Microsoft Excel select the menu Data Import External Data New Database Query menu item select the ODBC data source to import the data from select th
128. ying Files in a Disk or Directory In order to classify files located in one or more disks directories or network shares press the Classify button located on the main toolbar add directories or network shares that should be processed select an appropriate file classification plug in and press the Classify button 4 Directories Selected for Classification Classify Disks Directories and Network Shares Depending on the number of files that should be processed the file classification process may take from a couple of seconds for thousands of files to a few minutes for large file systems containing millions of files During the file classification process DiskSorter will display the file classification results preview the total number of processed files and the total amount of processed disk space Once the file classification process is completed DiskSorter will display a hierarchy of file classes and categories sorted by the amount of the used disk space For each file class or file category DiskSorter will show the name of the category the total number of files in the file category and all subcategories and the total amount of the disk space used by all files in the file category and all subcategories File Command Tools Help D O ae 8B H e Classify Pause Stop Analyze Charts Save Up Database Layouts Options Help Profiles 8p Category Files Space Space 95 amp Default Profile LJ Archive Backup a
129. ystem Disk Classify Backup Disk Classify Data Disks Classify Backup Disk Classify System Disk File Classification Reports Date Files 112155 44690 458308 75608 163580 163579 163577 163575 163575 163572 75425 160312 75287 109062 160309 160320 75299 Time 2012 11 22 2012 11 22 2012 11 22 2012 11 22 2012 10 22 2012 10 22 2012 10 22 2012 10 22 2012 10 22 2012 10 22 2012 09 19 2012 06 25 2012 06 25 2012 06 25 2012 06 25 2012 06 25 2012 06 25 15 01 22 14 59 29 14 58 37 14 56 43 12 30 43 12 30 17 12 27 37 12 26 16 12 23 57 12 22 11 14 03 17 18 38 06 18 37 38 18 37 20 18 37 13 17 54 00 17 52 19 Analyze Filter By Command Filter By Command Filter By Date Filter By Dirs 56 Disk Space 611 47 GB 22 50 GB 22 14 GB 16 98 GB 303 01 GB 303 01 GB 303 01 GB 303 00 GB 303 00 GB 302 98 GB 16 96 GB 319 26 GB 16 94 GB 174 70 GB 319 26 GB 319 30 GB 16 94 GB CE CE CE CE CE CE CE GE CE GE CE GE CE CE CE CE CE Delete Al Close Bx Bx Bx Ge Be Be Gel Gel Bx Ge Gel Be be Ge Gel Gel ed DiskSorter File Classification Flexense Ltd When a report filter is active DiskSorter Server displays the number of filtered reports in the reports page caption and shows reports matching the selected report filter in the reports view In order to reset the currently selected report filter select the Show All filter value in the report fi

User Manual - DiskSorter

Contents

Download Pdf Manuals

Related Search

Related Contents