Plugin: Install Disk Usage

[tmiranda]

Install Disk Usage v1.00 for SageTV 7. This plugin displays a small bargraph in the header indicating how much space is left on the drive where SageTV is installed.

To configure go to Setup->Detailed Setup->Customize and look for "Install Disk Usage" near the end of the list.

I have Sage installed on a small Hard Drive and several times the drive has unexpectedly filled up with large log files, fanart, and operating system leftovers. This STVi allows you to immediately see how full the install drive is and can optionally display System Messages if the usage exceeds user defined thresholds.

[gplasky]

This will also help SageTV users that run Sage on a WHS. WHS uses a 20GB OS drive and after Playon or scaling your Fanart and /or thumbnails sometimes there is not a lot of disk space left. This will definitely help keep an eye on that.

Gerry

[tmiranda]

Glad you find it useful. I have not tested it on WHS so please let me know if you find any errors.

[tmiranda]

Version 1.01 now available in the repository. Fixed an attribute initialization error that caused an error message in the logfile.

Tom

[PLUCKYHD]

Just wanted to add thanks from another WHS user.

[tmiranda]

Just wanted to add thanks from another WHS user.

You're welcome.

[Mitch G]

Would it be possible to expand the functionality so it shows how much space is available on other drives as well? I would like to use this to give me an idea of how much space I have available in my recording directories.


Mitch

[tmiranda]

Mitch,

It's certainly possible but I'm not sure how to present the information in the screen header so it makes sense. There's not much room to work with and I'm not sure how I'd be able to clearly show which bar corresponded to which drive.

I personally like the disk usage bar that's now at the bottom of the menu if you are using the malore menus. That not only shows you how much space is left, but it also tells you how much will be used in the next two days based on your recording schedule.

I think there is an import available for the default menu's as well, but I'm not sure. I'd be more inclined to port the malore bar over to the default STV if it's not already available.

Tom

[Mitch G]

Yeah i don't care for the malore bar. I like your little bar. I don't think it has to be any too fancy. I'm just thinking of something where I get to provide a list of one or drives and the plugin simply adds up all the used space and divides that by the drives' total space and colors the bar accordingly.

Mitch

[tmiranda]

How do you propose the bars get labeled so you know which disk is which? (Assuming you have more than 1 drive you use for recordings.)

[Mitch G]

I'm thinking more of just having a single bar that just represents all the drives I identify.
The real feature being that I can specify any(?) number of drives for the bar to represent as a whole.
I'm just looking for a simple, gross indicator of space.

That said, maybe it makes sense to offer two bars - one is "SageTV Home" and the other is "Recordings" or something like that.


Mitch

[MalibuDave42]

I like how simple it is. The problem for me is that the drive where Sage is installed does not have much meaning since that drive is just the OS and installed programs. I would prefer the meter to monitor the value/directories that I have identified for recording space. The System Information calculates two values: video (which I am assuming is recorded TV) and library (which I assume is everything else). Having your bar represent the video calculations (if my assumptions are correct) would be GREAT.

Another thought, you might overlay an orange bar (or color chosen in your configuration) to represent upcoming shows. The number of days into the future could be in your config too.

Yet another thought, displaying the disk drive icon does not add value. The greatness of this plugin is the simple bar which gives the story of upcoming recordings and the comfort there is enough space left to get the job doe in one simple stacked bar.

[tmiranda]

Dave,

There are other plugins that already do what you are looking for. Personally, I use the "secret" malore menus but there are other ways to see graphically how much space is remaining on your recording drives.

The purpose of this plugin was specifically to monitor the usage on the drive Sage is installed on because there are no other plugins (that I know of) that do the same thing. Some plugins, and even Sage itself, leave log files and temp files laying about which eventually can use up quite a bit of disk space.

As for the drive icon, I only put that in to distinguish the bar from the bar used by the CPU Meter and the Java Heap Monitor.

Tom

[MalibuDave42]

I keep hearing about the Malore menus here, but do not know enough about them to yet. Thanks for the tip on that.

WRT to your plugin -- After re-reading your original posting, I can clearly see your intended usage is written there. Though without knowledge of secret Malore, disk usage seemed like a missing feature.

Thanks a lot for your response. And, continued great work extending Sage

[tmiranda]

Version 1.10 is available. It now uses the new STV hook that allows multiple Plugins to add icons to the header.

[Carey]

Version 1.10 is available. It now uses the new STV hook that allows multiple Plugins to add icons to the header.

Hello,

I'm fairly new to SageTV, I'm a previous BeyondTV user, and I'm still getting familiar with SageTV. I'm using your plugins Java Heap Monitor and Install Disk Usage on my SageTV Clients, but it shows as "Not Compatible" on my SageTV server.

My SageTV version is 7.0.23.246, and my SageTV7.xml version is 7.0.23.0 on both the server and clients. Java is up to date.

Any ideas why I can install it on the clients but not the server computer? Your suggestions on what could be wrong, or what I'm missing, are appreciated.

Carey

[tmiranda]

The plugin depends on the latest STV update.

Go to Setup->Detailed Setup->Advanced and look for "Check for STV Update". You will need to have version 2010120101.

Tom

[Carey]

The plugin depends on the latest STV update.

Go to Setup->Detailed Setup->Advanced and look for "Check for STV Update". You will need to have version 2010120101.

Tom

Thank you Tom, that's exactly what I missed on this machine. I must of over looked it on that computer when there were several updates and then cleared the "Messages" area.

Happy Holidays!

Carey