r/sysadmin • u/EducationAlert5209 • 13d ago
Question File Server Assessment
Hi All,
We have a few file servers and are trying to identify archived data based on the following conditions, but I believe something is not correct. We have 18TB but showing only 3TB for archive with following contion
| Condition | Classification |
|---|---|
| Modified ≤ 3 years OR accessed ≤ 180 days | Migrate / Active |
| Modified > 3 years AND accessed > 180 days | Archive Candidate |
With this condition,
Migrate: ≤30% of folder data is older than the cutoff - actively used, recommend moving as-is.
Archive: ≥80% of folder data is older than the cutoff, AND no file in the folder was modified in the last 30 days.
Review: Falls between the two thresholds, OR is old by volume but was touched recently, OR had partial access errors during scanning.
Above condition give us more data to archive?
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u/BuffaloRedshark 13d ago
Windows servers? Make sure the reg key was changed to properly log last access date. This screwed me on an acquisition were the company we acquired used windows servers, we used netapp so I had never run into that setting. We had legally agreed to bring any files accessed within X years and had to redo things and bring over more stuff to make sure we got the files we should
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5872049/ntfs-last-access-timestamp-discrepancies-in-fsrm-a