Reading the USMTSIZE.txt file

[intrntpirate]

Does anyone know how to read the USMTSIZE.txt file that's produced when you run Scanstate.exe \\server\path /p /nocompress?

 

This is what I'm getting when I run it.

 

4096 15474688

0 15231206

512 15258624

1024 15286272

2048 15355904

4096 15474688

8192 15761408

16384 16351232

32768 17629184

65536 20709376

131072 27000832

262144 39321600

524288 65011712

1048576 115343360

 

How can I take that information and actually find out how much space the uncompress store is going to take up?

 

Any assistance is greatly appreciated.

[tobias-tobin]

The Usmtsize.txt file contains a list of values—one for each cluster size. The first column of numbers is the cluster size and the second column is what the store size will be for that cluster size. The first line is the cluster used for the drive where usmtsize.txt was created. The estimate that you will want to use is the line with the cluster size matching the storage drive (for example, the cluster size of your file server). These estimates use some assumed values and may not always provide a high degree of accuracy in the estimation process.

 

Next, here's a link telling you how to get your cluster size of the disk:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/245436

 

Get your cluster size and then look in the second column for how many bytes it is (the store estimate).

 

I hope this helps.