1. File Characterization Assessment
DPACK-F
File Characterization Assessment
Prepared For: ,
Created:
June 20, 2017

2. About this Report
The following document is a summary of the findings discovered by the DPACK-F file characterization software. This report can provide useful insight for suggestions regarding capacity utilization, de-duplication, compression, and archiving associated with the rapidly growing category of unstructured data. If you have any questions regarding the information presented in this report, please contact your Dell team for immediate assistance.

3. Executive Summary

4. Summary Total number of paths scanned 1 Total number of files scanned
64158
Total size of all files scanned
317 GB
Estimated post-compression size
Estimated post-de-duplication size

5. Paths Scanned File Path No. of Files Capacity of Files
\\vkirchoff\c$\Users\Administrator
64,158 GB

6. Data Growth Rates Average Growth Rate: 24 % Year No. of New Files
Total Capacity of Files
Growth Rate
5 years or more
56,801 GB
0 %
4 - 5 years ago
years ago 8 GB
2 - 3 years ago
2,733 GB
106 %
1 - 2 years ago
1,867 GB
7 %
Now until 1 year ago
2,749 GB
6 %
Average Growth Rate:
24 %

7. File Sizes

8. Top File Extensions Top Extensions By Size
Top Extensions By Number of Files
File Extension
No. of Files
Total Size of Files
.vmdk
163
97.29 GB
.jpg
29,775
56.72 GB
.iso 28
47.07 GB
.vmem 8
24.00 GB
.MOV
418
18.30 GB
File Extension
No. of Files
Total Size of Files
.jpg
29,775
56.72 GB
.html
6,028 MB
.htm
5,898
31.20 MB
.cfm
2,364
18.55 MB
.gif
2,228
6.31 MB

9. Top File Categories by Size
Top Categories By Size
Top File Extensions For Disk Image Files
File Category
No. of Files
Total Size of Files
Disk Image Files
166 GB
Other
16,730
85.39 GB
CAD Files 28
47.07 GB
Data Files
3,374
18.15 GB
Video Files
1,296
17.81 GB

10. Archive Potential Archive Potential: 78.2 %
Files Last Accessed Within (by file count)
Files Last Accessed Within (by capacity)
Files not accessed for 1+ years:
33,656
Capacity:
GB (78.2 %)

11. The most recently accessed file size was
Key File Sizes
8 KB or smaller KB KB
40.2 MB, (0.0 %)
138.0 MB, (0.0 %)
110.0 MB, (0.0 %)
19,518 files
8,003 files
2,424 files
The most recently accessed file size was
<10MB

12. Distribution of Files by File Count
This graph shows what percentage of files were created, modified, or accessed in different time periods.
Should this be renamed to “by Time Range”?

13. Distribution of Files
This graph shows the breakdown of file sizes and percentages.
By File Count
By Capacity

14. Files Created (Aggregate)
No. of files
Total size
Compr. Files
Compr. Size
<8 KB
<32 KB
<128 KB
<1 MB
<10 MB
<100 MB
<10 GB
10+ GB
24 hrs 2 KB
0 KB 1
24 to 48 hrs
48 hrs to 7 days
7 to 30 days
30 to 90 days
386
62.18 MB 10
2.91 MB
113
148 84 32 7
90 days to 1 yr
2,361
16.51 GB
901
5.82 GB
558
407
632
529
183 27 25
1 to 2 years
1,867
19.88 GB
171
3.10 GB
272
1,063
291
110
112 8 11
2+ years
59,542 GB
33,561
82.47 GB
18,574
6,385
3,777
7,706
22,404
515
180
Total
64,158 GB
34,643
91.39 GB
19,518
8,003
4,785
8,377
22,706
552
216

15. Files Accessed (Aggregate)
Files Created
No. of files
Total size
Compr. Files
Compr. Size
<8 KB
<32 KB
<128 KB
<1 MB
<10 MB
<100 MB
<10 GB
10+ GB
24 hrs 8
2.18 MB
0 KB 3 2 1
24 to 48 hrs
48 hrs to 7 days
7 to 30 days
30 to 90 days
417
82.03 MB 10
2.91 MB
130
151 88 37
90 days to 1 yr
2,366
16.52 GB
901
5.82 GB
560
407
633
531
183 27 25
1 to 2 years
1,860
19.88 GB
171
3.10 GB
263
1,063
292
111
112 11
2+ years
59,507 GB
33,561
82.47 GB
18,562
6,380
3,771
7,697
22,402
514
180
Total
64,158 GB
34,643
91.39 GB
19,518
8,003
4,785
8,377
22,706
552
216

16. Files Modified (Aggregate)
Files Created
No. of files
Total size
Compr. Files
Compr. Size
<8 KB
<32 KB
<128 KB
<1 MB
<10 MB
<100 MB
<10 GB
10+ GB
24 hrs 19
2.23 MB
0 KB 12 3 2 1
24 to 48 hrs
48 hrs to 7 days
7 to 30 days
30 to 90 days
420 MB
2.84 MB
130
150 90 35 10 4
90 days to 1 yr
933
2.91 GB 73
67.32 MB
162
260
256
149 94 11
1 to 2 years
3,106
27.94 GB
840
5.33 GB
670
1,199
594
423
174 22 24
2+ years
59,680 GB
33,727
85.99 GB
18,544
6,391
3,843
7,769
22,427
515
190
Total
64,158 GB
34,643
91.39 GB
19,518
8,003
4,785
8,377
22,706
552
216

17. Compressibility Files tested for compressibility
Reported size of files tested
0 KB
Estimated compressed size of files tested
Estimated Compression
0.0 %
Est. post-compressed size of all files based on compressibility test and known compressed files GB
IO/Access errors while testing compressibility

18. De-duplication Files tested for de-dup
Total reported size of files tested for de-dup
0 KB
Estimated size of tested files after de-dup
Estimated de-dup
0.0 %
Estimated size of all files after de-dup GB
IO/Access errors while testing de-dup

19. Top 50 File Extensions by Size
1-10
11-20
File Extension
No. of Files
Total Size of Files
.vmdk
163
97.29 GB
.jpg
29,775
56.72 GB
.iso 28
47.07 GB
.vmem 8
24.00 GB
.MOV
418
18.30 GB
.pst 14
13.76 GB
.zip
199
10.82 GB
.exe
115
8.22 GB
.vhd 1
7.43 GB
.camrec 46
5.80 GB
File Extension
No. of Files
Total Size of Files
.mp4
148
5.27 GB
.sav 5
3.69 GB
.m4a
443
2.47 GB
.nrg 2
1.94 GB
.VOB 4
.ova 1
1.74 GB
.wmv 75
.pptx
637
1.71 GB
.avi 43
1.47 GB
.pdf
1,015 MB

20. Top 50 File Extensions by Size
21-30
31-40
File Extension
No. of Files
Total Size of Files
.wav 42 MB
.vmss 6 MB
.mpg 24 MB
.csv
908 MB
.wma 75 MB
.msi 13 MB
.dll
168 MB
.cab 22 MB
.trec 3 MB
.dmp 2 MB
File Extension
No. of Files
Total Size of Files
.html
6,028 MB
.swf
323 MB
.m4p 24 MB
.bak 13
87.39 MB
.png
1,671
66.11 MB
.flv 63
59.09 MB
.dat
392
56.24 MB
.psd 68
55.27 MB
.arf 1
53.69 MB
.m4v
52.14 MB

21. Top 50 File Extensions by Size
41-50
File Extension
No. of Files
Total Size of Files
.xml
897
45.06 MB
.docx
451
43.02 MB
.ppt 19
42.61 MB
.bin
42.37 MB
.xlsx 85
39.41 MB
.mp3 10
38.78 MB
.blackcap 1
35.70 MB
.iokit 98
34.21 MB
.js
1,698
33.42 MB
.htm
5,898
31.20 MB

22. Top 10 File Extensions by Size