DSM Version
7.4 7.3 7.2

Storage Analyzer

Storage Reports and Analysis

  • Storage usage growth can be monitored through scheduled analyses.
  • Detailed reports support efficient storage management and organization.
  • Storage space used by specific files can be analyzed using custom criteria.
  • Reports are exported as CSV files and it can be processed by IT administrators for advanced analysis.
  • Duplicate-file detection identifies redundant files that can be removed to free up storage space.
  • Reports provide detailed analysis of quota, file ownership, volume usage, shared folder size, file groups, duplicate files, large files, most recently modified files, and least recently accessed files.

Limitations

  • Each report displays no more than 5,000 duplicate files.
  • When a Synology storage system has more than ten volumes, only the top ten volumes with the highest usage are shown.
  • The Large Files section of usage reports lists only the 200 largest files.
  • Hybrid Share folders are not included in usage reports.
  • Hybrid Share folders cannot be selected as report destination folders.

Default File Type Categories

  • Zipped file analysis includes 7z, bz2, gz, rar, tar, tbz, tgz, and zip.
  • Picture analysis includes 3fr, arw, bmp, cr2, crw, dcr, dng, erf, gif, ico, jpe, jpeg, jpg, k25, kdc, mef, mos, mrw, nef, orf, pef, png, psd, ptx, raf, raw, rw2, sr2, srf, tif, tiff, ufo, and x3f.
  • Video analysis includes 3g2, 3gp, asf, ass, avi, dat, divx, dvr-ms, f4v, flv, ifo, m2t, m2ts, m4v, mkv, mov, mp4, mpeg, mpg, mts, psb, qt, rm, rmvb, smi, srt, ssa, swf, tp, trp, ts, vdr, vob, wmv, and xvid.
  • Audio analysis includes ac3, aif, aiff, ape, dff, dsf, flac, m3u, m4a, m4b, m4p, mp1, mp2, mp3, mpa, ogg, pcm, pls, ra, ram, wav, wma, and wpl.
  • Document analysis includes docx, pdf, pps, ppsx, pptx, rtf, txt, wri, xla, xlam, xlb, xlc, xld, xlk, xll, xlm, xlsb, xlsm, xlsx, xlt, xltm, xlv, and xlw.
  • Web page analysis includes actproj, ad, akp, applescript, as, asax, asc, ascx, asm, asmx, asp, aspx, asr, c, cc, cpp, cs, css, cxx, htm, html, jsx, mhtml, php, xhtml, and xml.
  • Disk image analysis includes bin, daa, img, iso, mds, and nrg.
  • Executable file analysis includes exe.
  • Users can add custom file types for analysis.