# Sonic analysis storage space **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Media Server\ **Tags:** server-windows\ **Created:** [August 25, 2021, 4:55pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sonic-analysis-storage-space/738785 "2021-08-25T16:55:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![toddTheGod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@toddTheGod](https://forums.plex.tv/u/toddTheGod)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2021, 4:55pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sonic-analysis-storage-space/738785/1 "2021-08-25T16:55:01Z")
Can I get a few user examples of Sonic analysis storage size as compared to the number of albums it has processed on your server? i.e. 500MB per 500 albums Server Version#: 1.23.4.4805 Player Version#: Plex for Windows 1.33.0.2444-a220eae4 Plex HTPC 10.0.19042 Plex Media Player 2.58.0.1076-38e019da ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2021, 5:01pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sonic-analysis-storage-space/738785/3 "2021-08-25T17:01:26Z")
Very little, once it’s done. Less than a small album art. _During_ the analysis of each album, it will take up some space in your system temp folder because it is converting every track to WAV format for the analyzer. ---
**Author:** ![BanzaiInstitute](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/banzaiinstitute/32/293273_2.png) [@BanzaiInstitute](https://forums.plex.tv/u/BanzaiInstitute)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 3:45am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sonic-analysis-storage-space/738785/4 "2021-08-26T03:45:43Z")
> [@OttoKerner](#): > > Very little, once it’s done. I have finished Sonic Analysis of about 6800 albums, and Plex has not yet cleaned up 56 GB of temporary WAV files… 556 of them. I have the space available so I am not dying to delete them manually but I would like to know it’s safe. I am worried about confusing SA and making it start over, haha. @toddTheGod while I was processing about 6800 albums, SA needed about 60 GB of space for ~700 WAV files. ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 9:47am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sonic-analysis-storage-space/738785/5 "2021-08-26T09:47:41Z")
This can only happen if you stopped the server during its analysis. You may want to remove those wav files manually then – unless you have an automatic “temp folder clearing job” set up. ---
**Author:** ![pommesmatte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@pommesmatte](https://forums.plex.tv/u/pommesmatte)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 1:52pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sonic-analysis-storage-space/738785/6 "2021-08-26T13:52:02Z")
Temporary WAV-files are not reliably deleted for me also. About 3GB are left at the moment, and it doesn’t look like those are getting removed. I’m also seeing 100% cpu load instead of the 50% that were mentioned. EDIT: Maintenance Window is over and one process is gone. The other Plex process still is consuming 50% CPU load, but Activity shows nothing. ---
**Author:** ![BanzaiInstitute](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/banzaiinstitute/32/293273_2.png) [@BanzaiInstitute](https://forums.plex.tv/u/BanzaiInstitute)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 3:50pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sonic-analysis-storage-space/738785/7 "2021-08-26T15:50:10Z")
I definitely had to mess with SA to get it over the finish line, so I will clean that up, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2021, 3:50pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sonic-analysis-storage-space/738785/8 "2021-11-24T15:50:13Z")
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