Updates not cleaning up??
22 Apr 2009 21:47:00 UTC
Topic 194307
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I have a lab that backs up BOINC directory to a server so that reimaging of machines doesn't lose data. Compresses data into a single file of about 300MB. Then restores it after a reimage.
I recently installed Eienstien on a new machine, and noted there are a lot of files in the older machines. It appears that older version files are left over.
Updates not cleaning up??
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This is a common Windows thing, but I did not think of Boinc doing it too. But it does make sense. Since Windows shares so many files, programs are afraid to delete too many files outside their own directories fearing they may be used by other programs.
RE: I have a lab that backs
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I have seen this on mine harddisks too. The programs are not large, but you can remove them manually to free diskspace. But be careful of what you delete.
Greetings from
TJ
RE: ...But be careful of
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Especially, check with your client_state.xml.
Gruß,
Gundolf
Computer sind nicht alles im Leben. (Kleiner Scherz)
Couple of issue. These are
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Couple of issue. These are systems that run Linux as the default OS and BOINC runs on it, and they save the file on restart so that if the system is reimaged, it will download the last backup, and continue from that point.
As a test, I set a machine to not download new Einstien work, and once it finished and uploaded its work. The directory contained about 160MB of files. I moved the files to another location, and then changed the option to allow more Einstien work, and it proceeded to download the files, and get an unit. The total size of the program and unit was about 60MB. That is a big difference.
On a regular machine restart this generally makes a 200MB-300MB file with the seti, einstein and rosstta files, and takes about 30 seconds to upload. Unfortunately, if multiple students restart at the same time, these times add up. I think it is worth the time to not lose work processed, but want to reduce it if possible. Some of the old files were from 2007..