From owner-freebsd-hubs@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 20 01:54:39 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F159C106566C for ; Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:54:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from emoenke@gwdg.de) Received: from fmailer.gwdg.de (fmailer.gwdg.de [134.76.11.16]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A4EC8FC17 for ; Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:54:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gwdu05.gwdg.de ([134.76.8.5]) by mailer.gwdg.de with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Ro2xq-0003jS-FI; Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:08:22 +0100 Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:08:22 +0100 (CET) From: Eberhard Moenkeberg To: freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org Message-ID: User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (LNX 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Level: / X-Spam-Report: Content analysis: 0.6 points, 6.0 required 0.6 RCVD_IN_SORBS_WEB RBL: SORBS: sender is a abuseable web server [134.76.8.5 listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net] X-Virus-Scanned: (clean) by exiscan+sophie Cc: Konrad Heuer Subject: Content of /snapshots/ X-BeenThere: freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "FreeBSD Distributions Hubs: mail sup ftp" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:54:40 -0000 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) -- Eberhard Moenkeberg Arbeitsgruppe IT-Infrastruktur E-Mail: emoenke@gwdg.de Tel.: +49 (0)551 201-1551 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gesellschaft fuer wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung mbH Goettingen (GWDG) Am Fassberg 11, 37077 Goettingen URL: http://www.gwdg.de E-Mail: gwdg@gwdg.de Tel.: +49 (0)551 201-1510 Fax: +49 (0)551 201-2150 Geschaeftsfuehrer: Prof. Dr. Ramin Yahyapour Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender: Prof. Dr. Christian Griesinger Sitz der Gesellschaft: Goettingen Registergericht: Goettingen Handelsregister-Nr. B 598 -------------------------------------------------------------------------