We're planning migration of an enterprise reporting system   
   to SQL Server 2012, and my boss needs an argument to support   
   installing a certain amount of disc space for ongoing   
   operations.  Can someone point me to a credible argument   
   for a reasonable minimum allowance of free disk space in   
   addition to our actual databases?   
      
   I believe that this includes not having to shrink database   
   files to let others grow, which we are doing now.   
      
   With 1 TB of nightly crushed data, indexes and t-logs, and 0.6 TB   
   free, I think that we should shop for around 4 TB total space,   
   and, /yes/ we /could/ buy that size of hard disk for under   
   US$200 but apparently it isn't that simple.  Although, obviously,   
   it ought to be.   
      
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