A user cannot save a 2 GB file to a file server. A technician determines that permissions are correct and the file system has 10 MB of available space for new files. The technician wants to enable compression as a short-term fix. Which of the following should the technician do FIRST?
A) Free enough disk space to hold the largest file's uncompressed size
B) Decrease the amount of system CPU and memory requirements
C) Encrypt the file system on the server
D) Install at least enough memory to hold the largest file's uncompressed size

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The technician should first free enough disk space to hold the largest file's uncompressed size because compression requires temporary space to store the uncompressed data before it is compressed.

A User Cannot Save a 2 GB File to a File