SpaceObServer scans structures, sizes and properties of selected directories or whole drives, using a background service, and stores them in an MS SQL Server, ORACLE, MS Access or IBM DB2 database.

In a client application the collected data can be viewed and browsed in hierarchical and tabular views and 3D bar, pie and line charts. For post processing tables can be exported to Excel or text files. Charts can be saved in a common image format.

You can print a customizable report for scanned file systems. Using the archived data you are able to track the development of the space usage from past to present, or simulate the size and structure of directory trees for a previous date.

A flexible file search with many predefined searches allows filtering and listing files, e.g. by extension, size, or last change date, directly from the database. Space usage can be grouped by file extensions or name of the files owner. In addition, this software will also support Unicode, the international character standard.

The SpaceObServer Client application is a remote management tool for scheduling and reporting scans. It enables you to access information of scanned directories, from additional computers in your network.

SpaceObServer Client has the same user interface than the SpaceObServer, but it does not include the SpaceObServer system service.

Here are some key features of "SpaceObServer":

· A background Service regularly scans selected drives and archives collected data in a SQL database.
· Suported databases: MS SQL Server 2000/2005, ORACLE 9/10, MS Access or IBM DB2.
· By analyzing the NTFS Change Journals SpaceObServer is able to update data of local NTFS drives constantly. This results in disc usage information which is always up to date.
· Space usage History.
· A highly customizable file search allows filtering your files by size, allocated space, wasted space, last change, last access and creation date, extension, filename pattern, file properties or owner.
· Duplicated files are listed on an additional tab on the right pane.
· View, print and export 3D bar, pie and line charts.
· Several exporting and reporting possibilities: Printed report (showing the directory structure), Excel, XML, text file, clipboard.
· SpaceObServer is able to detect NTFS Alternate Data Streams.
· Show the size for each folder grouped by users or file extensions.
· Simulate the size and structure of directory trees for previous dates.
· A customizable size, e.g. allocated space or percentage space usage, is shown directly in the directory tree.
· Show and print folders with high space usage in bold.
· Columns can be configured separately for the Details view, Excel export, text export and printed reports.
· Discover which folders occupy most of your hard disk space.
· Customize your output format, e.g. number of decimals, KB or MB, etc.
· Support for NTFS file based compression.
· SpaceObServer supports the international character standard Unicode.
· Explorer context menu is supported inside the SpaceObServer.

Requirements:

· 128 MB RAM

Limitations:

· 21-day trial period

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· SpaceObServer can now identify duplicate files by comparing the MD5 checksum of the file content.
· Added the new column "Owner" to the "Duplicate Files" list.
· Several minor improvements and modifications in the tree map, bar, pie and line charts.
· Colors of the charts are now customizable.