Jan 28 2020 01:58 PM
Hello,
I feels like SharePoint site size keep on growing even with the most relevant content. I have noticed a file which has grown up to 8 GB with all versions. The most recent version is a little over 100 MB and there are 80 versions in total. It's just one file. There are multiple files like that, that have grown to a tremendous sizes increasing the site size drastically. The site I am currently looking at is almost 2 TB now.
I don't think just increasing the site storage is the correct way of managing them. So, I am wondering what could be the best practices to manage the site sizes.
Thank you.
Bhavpreet Bains
Jan 28 2020 11:07 PM
Managing document versions is often not take care of and this may result in a significant increase in storage consumed.
You have several options:
a. Do nothing and accept the quota consumed by the document versions.
b. Use PowerShell to report on documents with many versions and then run a separate script to delete the document versions. e.g. https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/office/Delete-all-previous-file-fd1ba18a
c. Use 3rd party tools. e.g. there are browser-based tools (with trial licenses) that allow you to purge all document versions or only keep the last N document versions. e.g. SLIM Companion Explorer.
Paul
Jan 29 2020 01:23 AM
Are your troublesome files a particular filetype or is it all files that are showing this growth?
Andy
Jan 29 2020 07:02 AM
Jan 29 2020 07:07 AM