Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:06:08 +0400 (MSK) From: Maxim Konovalov <maxim.konovalov@gmail.com> To: freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Content of /snapshots/ Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1202222203220.88759@mp2.macomnet.net> In-Reply-To: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1201200150050.22229@gwdu05.gwdg.de> References: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1201200150050.22229@gwdu05.gwdg.de>
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Hello, reading the old thread: it would be really nice to remove 2010 snapshots. On Fri, 20 Jan 2012, 02:08+0100, Eberhard Moenkeberg wrote: > Hi, > > does it really make sense to still keep snapshots from 2010 ? > > emoenke@ftp4:0 01:51:34 /mirr/bin > du -s /pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/201011 > 31917144 /pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/201011 > emoenke@ftp4:0 01:52:45 /mirr/bin > du -s /pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/201012 > 19357096 /pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/201012 > emoenke@ftp4:0 01:52:50 /mirr/bin > > > A huge waste of space, isn't it? > > Next question: 20110?, four versions actually presented. > > emoenke@ftp4:0 02:05:21 /mirr/bin > du -s /pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/2011* > 18917340 /pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/201101 > 2584728 /pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/201102 > 12596740 /pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/201105 > 1737556 /pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/201107 > emoenke@ftp4:0 02:05:39 /mirr/bin > > > OK, much less, but why so much outdates stuff still there? > > Remember, you are not only wasting space on your master servers, but also on > your willing mirrors. > > I guess the FreeBSD maintainers need a little bit more consciousness for the > behalf of the mirror servers. You are - I guess - in the same "space wasting" > unconsciousness like mandrivalinux and debian. > > A positive example for me is OpenSuSE. They are just aware, not more is > needed. > > OK, I can silently disable mirroring /snapshots/, but the true way should be > better. > > > Viele Gruesse > Eberhard Moenkeberg (emoenke@gwdg.de, em@kki.org) > > -- Maxim Konovalov
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