# Determine storage space used per project

**URL:** <https://forum.logik.tv/t/determine-storage-space-used-per-project/3102>\
**Category:** Flame Questions\
**Created:** [May 17, 2021, 2:57pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/determine-storage-space-used-per-project/3102 "2021-05-17T14:57:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![joe99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@joe99](https://forum.logik.tv/u/joe99)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2021, 2:57pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/determine-storage-space-used-per-project/3102/1 "2021-05-17T14:57:45Z")

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Hello

The available storage space on my Flamestore does decrease very quickly even I am only using relatively small footage.

Is there a way to determine the storage-size per project?

Joe

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**Author:** ![Jeff](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/jeff/32/9305_2.png) [@Jeff](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Jeff)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2021, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/determine-storage-space-used-per-project/3102/2 "2021-05-17T15:06:54Z")

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I know that if you go into Preferences → Storage and click on Volume Statistics, it gives you a screen that allows you to sort all of your libraries based on how many frames they use. However, I’ve noticed that it isn’t exactly accurate in terms of cached vs uncached frames. I have a project with TONS of uncached frames that it still considers in this calculation.

So if anyone does know a good way to figure out actual project sizes I would love to know too!

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**Author:** ![jamesw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@jamesw](https://forum.logik.tv/u/jamesw)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2022, 11:58am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/determine-storage-space-used-per-project/3102/3 "2022-08-14T11:58:24Z")

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Bumping this! I would like to know too. Does anyone have any clever tips? One framestore per project?

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**Author:** ![hildebrandtbernd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/hildebrandtbernd/32/3038_2.png) [@hildebrandtbernd](https://forum.logik.tv/u/hildebrandtbernd)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2022, 8:07pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/determine-storage-space-used-per-project/3102/4 "2022-08-14T20:07:40Z")

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When creating a new project, you can setup the framestore location. Actually I’ve never tried it, so pls proof me wrong. But therefore, adding a subfolder each project there also should put all media inside that for better sorting on your filesystem.

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**Author:** ![randy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/randy/32/6122_2.png) [@randy](https://forum.logik.tv/u/randy)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2022, 10:22pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/determine-storage-space-used-per-project/3102/5 "2022-08-14T22:22:53Z")

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Define “relatively small” footage? Don’t forget media in a project that is resized and rendered in a Flame project will require storing both the original and rendered resolution.

Old Batch Iterations will also have media in it that you may not realize. Motion vectors will also be quite big.

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**Author:** ![randy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/randy/32/6122_2.png) [@randy](https://forum.logik.tv/u/randy)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2022, 10:24pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/determine-storage-space-used-per-project/3102/6 "2022-08-14T22:24:09Z")

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Also, one Framestore per project is a bad idea. This may no longer be the case but I was under the impression that you could only have 7 entries for framestores… but I could be wrong about that now.