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Where are these &quot;.dat&quot; files located on your server?<br />
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What functionality/services does this server provide? <br />
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Dan
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Where are these ".dat" files located on your server?

What functionality/services does this server provide?

Dan

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The server is our main File Server and the Data is located in the &quot;ServerFolders &gt;&gt;&nbsp;Client Computer Backups&quot;
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The server is our main File Server and the Data is located in the "ServerFolders >> Client Computer Backups"

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Are you using Backup software that stores backup content in .dat files? &nbsp;Is there a way to identify from which computer the backups came from? &nbsp;Who manages the desktops in your company?<br />
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Since this is a file server it is quite normal for the files stored on a file server to increase in size or for the number of files to increase.<br />
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Dan
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Are you using Backup software that stores backup content in .dat files?  Is there a way to identify from which computer the backups came from?  Who manages the desktops in your company?

Since this is a file server it is quite normal for the files stored on a file server to increase in size or for the number of files to increase.

Dan

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Im not sure how to check this? I noticed it because our server was loosing space... So not too sure what this directory is all about!
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Im not sure how to check this? I noticed it because our server was loosing space... So not too sure what this directory is all about!

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I have a windows server 2012 and it seems like my .DAT files are continually growing out of control. What can I do to stop this and what are they actually? Are they safe to delete?
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I have a windows server 2012 and it seems like my .DAT files are continually growing out of control. What can I do to stop this and what are they actually? Are they safe to delete?

My .DAT files are growing on my server

Windows Server 2012 is the server version of Windows 8 and the successor to Windows Server 2008 R2. Windows Server 2012 is the first version of Windows Server to have no support for Itanium-based computers since Windows NT 4.0. Windows Server 2012, now in its second release (Windows Server 2012 Release 2) includes Foundation, Essentials, Standard and Datacenter, and does not support IA-32 or IA-64 processors.