Private file sizes on Moodle server

Private file sizes on Moodle server

by Derek Chirnside -
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Moodle 2.2+

Is there a way to find out how much disk space users are using with their private files?

Plus:  Here is a page from Site Admin > Reports > Course size

What do the figures mean?

  1. The sum of all the individual courses is tiny compared to the "Total size"  I presume the rest is private files. 
    But what if a video clip is uploaded three times (ie is once in the database and linked to three courses) then where is this size counted?
  2. Lets say three students upload a file of 40 Meg and it is stored once.  Where is this counted?  In each person's allocation I presume, but where is it them reported to the admin? 
    Is it just in the one big figure Total size above?

All this because I was curious if a bunch of olde users were consuming a lot of space in private files.

Are there any tracker items on this?

-Derek

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Re: Private file sizes on Moodle server

by Tony Holt -

Hi Derek.

Where did you get the course size report from??

I'm having similar issues, we have almost a TB of data stored and I have no idea where it's come from :\

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Re: Private file sizes on Moodle server

by Derek Chirnside -

As I said, from Site Admin > Reports > Course size

It contains a table with an entry for each course and a total.

-Derek

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Re: Private file sizes on Moodle server

by Sandeep Gill -
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Hi Tony,

 

Check the size of the "trashdir" in your moodledata directory. This is where all the deleted files are kept.

 

Cheers

Sandy

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Re: Private file sizes on Moodle server

by Derek Chirnside -

Sad replying to your own post I know.

  • Where are course backups stored and do they count in these totals?
  • Is there any way to look inside the database and get this sort of information?

-Derek

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Re: Private file sizes on Moodle server

by Helen Foster -
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Hi Derek,

Have you set up a schedule of automated course backups? If so, perhaps your site is affected by MDL-30725?

Regarding private files, I guess you're aware you can set a limit for each user in Settings > Site administration > Security > Site policies?

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Re: Private file sizes on Moodle server

by Derek Chirnside -

OK, thanks for this Helen.  The short answer is I don't know, I'll see what I can do.

But if I could access the server, and the database (which I can't, but if I could) can you find out what there is in the way of private files?

I am still pondering this question.  Would it be possible and is it easy to write

  • a space allocation report for users? (Where are private files stored?)
  • a report on trashdir contents (does this still exist in Moodle 2.2+)?  and BTW, How long before this is emptied?)
  • a report on space used for backups? (How many backups can users upload?)

And a corollary question:

Users files on deletion

I have found a bunch of users that have left the school.  If I delete them, what happens to their files?  Passed to trash, then emptied later?

-Derek

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