Content of /snapshots/

[Maxim Konovalov]

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 at ftp4:0 01:51:34 /mirr/bin > du -s /pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/201011
> 31917144        /pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/201011
> emoenke at ftp4:0 01:52:45 /mirr/bin > du -s /pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/201012
> 19357096        /pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/201012
> emoenke at ftp4:0 01:52:50 /mirr/bin >
>
> A huge waste of space, isn't it?
>
> Next question: 20110?, four versions actually presented.
>
> emoenke at 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 at 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 at gwdg.de, em at kki.org)
>
>

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Maxim Konovalov