I try to use 'storage-consuming', 'storage-expensive', 'space-consuming', or 'space-expensive'. But I almost found no paper used such words via Google.
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Is Large not a good option? You should provide more context– DAECommented Mar 5, 2017 at 12:47
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large storage requirements, including memory and external disk.– oliviaCommented Mar 5, 2017 at 13:19
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Would your title describe an adjective better if it was "takeS lots of storage"? Otherwise, it looks like a verbal phrase, and you would be requesting a verb.– Canis LupusCommented Mar 5, 2017 at 16:55
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Totally unclear: Are you talking about something that requires a large physical volume to store (such as 100 bushels of corn), or something that demands a lot of disk storage or RAM storage?– Hot LicksCommented Mar 6, 2017 at 2:07
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I think you might be looking for space-intense or space-intensive depending on how you are using it.
E.G.: Space-intensive applications require a significant amount of storage space to run properly.
Similar adjectives could be memory-intensive if the application requires significant amounts of RAM/memory; processor-intensive if it places high demands on the CPU/GPU; or resource-intensive for something that uses something more vague or a combination of several things.
answered Mar 5, 2017 at 16:28
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I would say something like memory/processor/resource/space-efficient. Commented Mar 11, 2017 at 3:05
It feels like you're after resource-intensive, which applies to storage as well as memory and processor utilization.
Bulky - Of large bulk, voluminous; occupying much space (especially with a notion of excess), OED.
space-hungry or resource-hungry
(sth)-hungry: from meaning of hungry as wanting something very much
A memory hog or CPU hog take large amounts of resources, often for non-obvious reasons and without consideration for how other applications would need and use the same resources. They can be considered greedy in the sense that they make choices about how and when to use those resources based on immediate needs.
The word greedy can be taken to mean
(adjective) wanting or taking all that one can get, with no thought of others' needs (YourDictionary.com).
But the definition goes on with this:
desiring more than one needs or deserves
So storage-greedy might be used to describe an application that takes a lot of storage, possibly more than it needs.
For a young phase, you might also refer to it as a storage hog.
On the other hand, it's possible that an application may consume a lot of storage, but it is not being greedy in that sense that it takes more than it needs. In that case, you would probably do well just to say it is a heavy storage consumer where heavy is
of great amount, quantity, or size; extremely large; massive (Dictionary.com #2)
answered Mar 5, 2017 at 17:53
Sizeable (adjective)
Meaning: fairly large
Sizeable storage requirements, including memory and external disk.
answered Mar 5, 2017 at 15:19
My photo collection's voluminous storage requirements necessitated the purchase of several multi-terabyte hard drives.
answered Mar 6, 2017 at 2:04
