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:
- The storage metrics include the recycle bin of the site. TreeSize does not yet take the recycle bin into account.
- 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.