What does not affect TreeSize RAM usage?
Question / Problem
Which factors do not affect TreeSize RAM usage?
Answer / Solution
Some factors that one might intuitively consider relevant have no significant impact on memory usage in practice:
- Total file size: Whether youre scanning 1 TB or 100 TB is irrelevant to RAM usage. What matters is solely the number of folders and file extensions, not the volume of data.
- Scan depth and path length: It makes no noticable difference whether your folder structure is deeply nested or flat. The only decisive factor is the total number of folders.
- File system: In practice, TreeSize scans NTFS and exFAT identically. Theoretical differences (e.g., NTFS-internal IDs) are not typically utilized by TreeSize and therefore do not affect memory usage.
- Idle Usage: TreeSizes basic overhead when not actively scanning is negligible. The application itself does not place any significant demands on RAM.