7 of the Best Free Linux Disk Usage Analyzers

Posted by sde on Sep 18, 2010 4:08 PM EDT
LinuxLinks.com; By Steve Emms
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A disk usage analyzer is a utility which helps users to visualize the disk space being used by each folder and files on a hard disk or other storage media. This type of application often generates a graphical chart to help the visualization process.

Disk usage analyzers are popular with system administrators as one of their essential tools to prevent important directories and partitions from running out of space. Having a hard disk with insufficient free space can often have a detrimental effect on the system's performance. It can even stop users from logging on to the system, or, in extreme circumstances, cause the system to hang.

File systems can have millions of files. Keeping track of them can be an almost impossible task without some utility. Here steps in the disk usage analyzer. Linux has a good selection of this type of software for rooting out space eaters.

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