[LeifCarrotson]

I find that one of the main benefits of a space holding file is that when it's needed, freeing up that space provides a window of time where you can implement a long-term solution (like buying a new drive with quadruple the storage space of the original for the cost of an hour of that employee/machine's time).

[derekp7]

Had an ex Navy Submariner for a manager many years ago. On some problem systems, he created several such files. He called them ballast files.