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Saving disk space

*caedes
12/15/06 2:04 AM GMT
We were close to running out of disk space on the server, so I made the decision to remove all small versions of images which were archived. This means that an archived image will only be available at the maximum resolution.

Soon we will have a way to generate the smaller image version on demand, so this is only a temporary measure.
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-caedes

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.noahnott
12/15/06 2:20 AM GMT
Eye captain! I noticed that yesterday when i deleted i bunch of my gallery.
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&KEIFER
12/15/06 2:34 AM GMT
just for grins and giggles ... how much space will be gained by doing this "first step" ... and then again when \ if .. you choose to have all image requests generated on the spot?

and .. would it save CPU cycles to pass the "full-size" image out without any pixel hocus-pocus?
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*caedes
12/15/06 2:53 AM GMT
We gained about 30 gigs with this. The total that we could save once all image sizes are generated on demand is dependant on how large the cache is (once a given image is resized we will store it for a while just in case someone else wants it).
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::timw4mail
12/15/06 3:00 AM GMT
Thats a pretty significant amount of space!
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"But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness." - 2 Timothy 2:16 (KJV) <- -> Timothy J. Warren | My homepage|My Forum| My Gallery| My DeviantArt Gallery| AIM: aviat4ion
&KEIFER
12/15/06 3:29 AM GMT
at the current rate of consumption ... when are WE (you) .. looking at new equipment
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+Samatar
12/15/06 4:26 AM GMT
... or a spring cleaning ;-)
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-Everyone is entitled to my opinion- rescope.com.au
.noahnott
12/15/06 5:39 AM GMT
...i can delete my whole gallery if that will get you anywhere. :-D
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*caedes
12/15/06 5:48 AM GMT
Once the on-demand system is running, I'll be able to freely tune the system between using either disk or CPU resources for the images. It would be difficult to guess which would run out first.
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::DigiCamMan
12/15/06 8:03 AM GMT
Why don't you just limit one pic every 24 hrs. for paying members and one every 48 hrs. for non paying members? Maybe this would spur more to become paying members and you can add hard drives etc.
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I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't and die to find out there is. Albert Camus ........ My Gallery
::DigiCamMan
12/15/06 9:35 AM GMT
Funny thing...I always imagine this fancy Caedes office with all these servers churning away...but then I think it just may be a server sitting in the bathroom because it's somewhat dust free and choking on all these pics it has to devour every day.
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I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't and die to find out there is. Albert Camus ........ My Gallery
+Samatar
12/15/06 12:40 AM GMT
Gives me yet another contest idea... what does the place where caedes is made look like...
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-Everyone is entitled to my opinion- rescope.com.au
::timw4mail
12/15/06 1:04 PM GMT
I like that idea, Sam...:ø)
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"But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness." - 2 Timothy 2:16 (KJV) <- -> Timothy J. Warren | My homepage|My Forum| My Gallery| My DeviantArt Gallery| AIM: aviat4ion
&KEIFER
12/15/06 1:45 PM GMT
just one server .. and he cooks his meals on it


in fact .. his room looks like that advertisement for QUAKE 3 ARENA .. before it came out ... complete with the cheetos auto-feeder
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::DigiCamMan
12/15/06 7:38 PM GMT
I had the same vision Keith...I just didn't want to say it. We must be from the same asylum.
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I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't and die to find out there is. Albert Camus ........ My Gallery
::J_272004
12/15/06 10:37 PM GMT
OMG.. now thats scary both of you from the same asylum... guess that explains a lot of things... lol
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MY GALLERY ........... "Live one day at a time and make it a masterpiece"
::Hottrockin
12/15/06 11:33 PM GMT
Well, I don't know about ya'll but my underwear...

Oh...sorry, nevermind...thought it said sumpin' else in the topic.

8~D

side note to Special K-- Q3 ROCKS baby!! YOU should try "Painkiller", as it's most impressive!!

side note to Sam-I-Am--grrreat thought on the contest!!
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Picture Purrrfect . Some people are like slinky's, completely useless but still a lot of fun when you push them down the stairs. 8~O
::DigiCamMan
12/18/06 12:38 AM GMT
Side note to Randy: you have disk space in your underwear? Care to talk about it? We are listening.
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I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't and die to find out there is. Albert Camus ........ My Gallery
::DigiCamMan
12/19/06 12:52 AM GMT
No answer....he must be defragging his shorts.
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I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't and die to find out there is. Albert Camus ........ My Gallery
::Hottrockin
12/19/06 12:57 AM GMT
Fragmentation only at 12%...compressing files!! No, no, no!! DON'T compress!! Compress no good...bad for extension files!! 8~O
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Picture Purrrfect . Some people are like slinky's, completely useless but still a lot of fun when you push them down the stairs. 8~O
::DigiCamMan
12/19/06 4:16 AM GMT
Good one Randy...that one had me on the floor. You are correct in this case...no compression. Be sure to check that next time....oooooo that's gotta hurt.
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I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't and die to find out there is. Albert Camus ........ My Gallery
::purmusic
12/19/06 5:37 AM GMT
LOLOL.

Man, I got to check around the threads more.

*makes note to self*

*promptly eats note*

*looks around shiftily*

No way am I letting this one out of the bag. Keeping it alll to myself.

Uh ... was that my out loud voice again? Nutz. :o/
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The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. - Marcel Proust
::DigiCamMan
12/21/06 5:32 AM GMT
Yes it was your out loud voice....focus....pay attention....put the crack pipe down for awhile.
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I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't and die to find out there is. Albert Camus ........ My Gallery
::DigiCamMan
12/30/06 2:52 AM GMT
Good chance I killed this thread too.
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I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't and die to find out there is. Albert Camus ........ My Gallery
::timw4mail
12/30/06 3:21 AM GMT
Of course you did :*P
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"But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness." - 2 Timothy 2:16 (KJV) <- -> Timothy J. Warren | My homepage|My Forum| My Gallery| My DeviantArt Gallery| AIM: aviat4ion
::DigiCamMan
12/30/06 4:34 AM GMT
I knew I could drag one of the kids out of the woodwork.
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I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't and die to find out there is. Albert Camus ........ My Gallery
&philcUK
01/05/07 1:25 PM GMT
maybe space could be saved by automatically deleting duplicate/repetitive threads in the forums ;-)
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A smart bomb is only as clever as the idiot that tells it what to do……si vis pacem para bellum.
=Piner
01/05/07 3:41 PM GMT
Phil, all the text on the site only uses up @ 1% of the space, so it would not save enough space to really make a difference.
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The work of art may have a moral effect, but to demand moral purpose from an artist is to make him ruin his work. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1832)
&KEIFER
01/05/07 8:33 PM GMT
I think that was just a spot of UK humor
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=Piner
01/05/07 10:04 PM GMT
What? Brits have a sense of humor?
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The work of art may have a moral effect, but to demand moral purpose from an artist is to make him ruin his work. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1832)
&KEIFER
01/05/07 10:46 PM GMT
that's why we broke away from them 230 years ago
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+ppigeon
01/05/07 10:51 PM GMT
... but we've to take them in European Union...
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::DigiCamMan
01/05/07 11:54 PM GMT
Many of my friends are Brits and my heritage comes from there...but that's no excuse...kick them out! I kid...I don't want to start another Revolutionary War.
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I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't and die to find out there is. Albert Camus ........ My Gallery
::Hottrockin
01/06/07 12:01 AM GMT
Eat figs, not make war!!

~hands out Fig Newtons to all~

8~D

It's a running gag now!! Don't worry, I'll get tired of it soon...
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Picture Purrrfect . You never see advertisements for string…they make string, yet you never see a commercial for string!!
::third_eye
01/06/07 12:45 AM GMT
if'n ya eat too many figs, you'll be makin's war, alright..in yer shorts!
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Hi,my name is Rob..ok, so I'm not the greatest at replies and comments. Sorry. For anyone needing to contact me, my email is back up in my profile. >> my cluttered mess of a gallery
&KEIFER
01/06/07 12:49 AM GMT
it would be a running gag if it were Prune Newtons
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::third_eye
01/06/07 1:10 AM GMT
it wouldn't be running very far...
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Hi,my name is Rob..ok, so I'm not the greatest at replies and comments. Sorry. For anyone needing to contact me, my email is back up in my profile. >> my cluttered mess of a gallery
::Hottrockin
01/06/07 1:13 AM GMT
I do like prunes from time to time...when I run outta figs anyway!!

~squirts~
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Picture Purrrfect . You never see advertisements for string…they make string, yet you never see a commercial for string!!
::third_eye
01/06/07 1:30 AM GMT
*laughs as it pegs keith in the eye* gives a whole new meaning to brown eyed girl..
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Hi,my name is Rob..ok, so I'm not the greatest at replies and comments. Sorry. For anyone needing to contact me, my email is back up in my profile. >> my cluttered mess of a gallery
::timw4mail
01/06/07 1:48 AM GMT
That avatar picture is kind of scary, Rob ;øP
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::third_eye
01/06/07 2:07 AM GMT
hehe ..be afraid...be very afraid ;-)
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Hi,my name is Rob..ok, so I'm not the greatest at replies and comments. Sorry. For anyone needing to contact me, my email is back up in my profile. >> my cluttered mess of a gallery
&philcUK
01/07/07 2:56 PM GMT
strange colonial folks......

:-)
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A smart bomb is only as clever as the idiot that tells it what to do……si vis pacem para bellum.
+ppigeon
01/07/07 3:03 PM GMT
haha!
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-Pierre-
::third_eye
01/07/07 3:22 PM GMT
hey, at least we have the sense to drink our beer cold...wait til you see what you've been missing :P
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Hi,my name is Rob..ok, so I'm not the greatest at replies and comments. Sorry. For anyone needing to contact me, my email is back up in my profile. >> my cluttered mess of a gallery
&philcUK
01/07/07 3:32 PM GMT
see there you go again - you drink lager cold - you dont really have beer as such :-)
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A smart bomb is only as clever as the idiot that tells it what to do……si vis pacem para bellum.
::Hottrockin
01/07/07 3:37 PM GMT
TOTALLY agree with Phil on that one mister!!

~pulls up a chair and waits for Phil to buy a round~
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Picture Purrrfect . You never see advertisements for string…they make string, yet you never see a commercial for string!!
+ppigeon
01/07/07 4:14 PM GMT
You can't beat belgian beers :-)
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-Pierre-
=Piner
01/07/07 4:23 PM GMT
I enjoy a Killians once in a while, because most beers are too watered down for my taste and Guinness is too syrupy, but my favorite beer is Blackened Voodoo Lager.
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The work of art may have a moral effect, but to demand moral purpose from an artist is to make him ruin his work. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1832)
::Hottrockin
01/07/07 4:41 PM GMT
Anything that's got the words; blackened and voodoo in it's gotta be good!!

Make mine a Samual Smith Imperial Stout (Tadcaster, N.Yorks, England)
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Picture Purrrfect . You never see advertisements for string…they make string, yet you never see a commercial for string!!
+ppigeon
01/07/07 5:01 PM GMT
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-Pierre-
::theshrew
01/07/07 5:21 PM GMT
Greene King bitter - oh happy memories!
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Life is not always pretty.
::LynEve
01/07/07 10:39 PM GMT
Figs, beer ??
And I came over here for a bit of intelligent conversation which did not include figs :)

Best beer is Monteiths, made here in NZ. Summer Ale :) And today is a perfect summer day, just right for one.
Failing that, a Heineker or a Corona would do nicely.

straight from gigs to figs - there is someththing very odd going on :)

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::third_eye
01/07/07 11:00 PM GMT
imagine that...something strange going on here at Caedes...whodathunkit?
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Hi,my name is Rob..ok, so I'm not the greatest at replies and comments. Sorry. For anyone needing to contact me, my email is back up in my profile. >> my cluttered mess of a gallery
*caedes
01/09/07 5:32 PM GMT
Start a new beer thread, but don't steal this one.
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-caedes

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