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SharePoint Storage Metrics

Question / Problem

I'm scanning a complete SharePoint site, but the results differ from the values reported in the storage metrics of the site itself. How could this be?

Answer / Solution

There are two main causes for why the values reported in TreeSize differ from the values reported in the storage metrics:

  1. The storage metrics include the recycle bin of the site. TreeSize does not yet take the recycle bin into account.
  2. The storage metrics include all versions of all files stored in the library. TreeSize reports on the latest version only by default though. You can activate the option Options > General > 'Track advanced file system features' to let TreeSize consider all versions. Please note that this may slow down the scan speed though.