Re: debian archive disk space requirements.
jason andrade <jason@rtfmconsult.com> writes:
> Hi,
>
> I've noticed the growth in the debian archive with some concern
> over the last few weeks/months. We're now hitting the limit of
> the partition that debian is on and it will be quite difficult
> technically for us to deal with this in the short term.
>
> We have some new storage which is being comissioned but it won't
> be in place for about a month and the debian archive has already
> filled up a 100G partition we've dedicated to it here (that doesn't
> include the debian-cd or debian-non-US or other debian related
> archives.. just the main debian one).
>
> I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place here as we have a large
> dependency tree before we can move equipment over and get access
> to the new disk..
>
> Is there any way to reduce the size of the archive over the next
> 4-6 weeks ?
What architectures are you mirroring? You could drop some of the more
uncommon arches (see access logs if any are completly unused) till you
have space for them again. Preferably just drop the Packages file for
the arch and delete as little as possible of the actual debs.
MfG
Goswin
PS: What are you using to mirror?
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