There are a lot of zipped downloads that are older than two or three years. Even if we left p2 repositories behind, automating a move of these monsters to archive would free up some space, I think.
Wayne On 06/19/2012 03:40 PM, Konstantin Komissarchik wrote: > > One of the problems with the archival process is handling of p2 > repositories which do not go through the mirror selection script. > > > > http://wiki.eclipse.org/IT_Infrastructure_Doc#Move_files_to_archive.eclipse.org.3F > > > > > Currently, only the mirror selection script is able to delegate to > archive.eclipse.org, so auto-archiving would break those repositories. > > > > If there are resources available to work on this, it would be much > better if download.eclipse.org served as central gateway to both the > primary download server and the archive. Then one can implement all > sort of archiving policies without involving projects or affecting end > users referencing these URLs... You can auto-archive based on age, you > can auto-archive based on demand, heck you can even pick a goal for > how much to mirror and have a heuristic that shuffles between primary > and archive to meet that goal. > > > > - Konstantin > > > > > > *From:*cross-project-issues-dev-boun...@eclipse.org > [mailto:cross-project-issues-dev-boun...@eclipse.org] *On Behalf Of > *Wayne Beaton > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 19, 2012 12:15 PM > *To:* cross-project-issues-dev@eclipse.org > *Subject:* Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] List of files on Eclipse > Mirror servers > > > > Does it make sense to consider moving files that are old--say three or > more years old--to the archive server automatically? > > Wayne > > On 06/19/2012 10:33 AM, Denis Roy wrote: > > To help you clean up older builds and files from the Eclipse download > server, I've compiled a list of files that are actually sync'ed to our > mirrors. > > http://download.eclipse.org/technology/phoenix/download.eclipse.org-filelist.txt.gz > > > I each project to look at the file list, and either remove files that > are no longer needed, or move older releases[1] to the archives. > > Thanks, > > Denis > > > [1] http://wiki.eclipse.org/IT_Infrastructure_Doc#Downloads > > _______________________________________________ > cross-project-issues-dev mailing list > cross-project-issues-dev@eclipse.org > <mailto:cross-project-issues-dev@eclipse.org> > https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/cross-project-issues-dev > > > > -- > Wayne Beaton > The Eclipse Foundation > Twitter: @waynebeaton > Explore Eclipse Projects <http://www.eclipse.org/projects> > > > _______________________________________________ > cross-project-issues-dev mailing list > cross-project-issues-dev@eclipse.org > https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/cross-project-issues-dev -- Wayne Beaton The Eclipse Foundation Twitter: @waynebeaton Explore Eclipse Projects <http://www.eclipse.org/projects>
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