Hi,
currently there is quite a big mess in how dump files are handled. They are located in
several locations without any system in it, some locations are public, some private, thus
there are obviously duplicates which eat the space etc. Also their naming differs.
Hence I've got this proposal:
I would like to set up the system for overal handling of dumps which includes system of
their storage, naming/linking and updating.
That would help to lower down the used space, easier transfer of the entire dump storage
(i.e. in future we could have dedicated HDD(s) to dumps only), easier maintenance etc.
The idea of storage system, naming and linking is nearly complete, maintenance scripts
work, but might be tweaked in some cases, some additional scripts might be necessary.
I think that this could be multi maintainer project for couple people (in case one is not
around, other one can step in), so is there anybody active interested in joining?
---- FOR THOSE WHO USE DUMPS ----
When moving to the new system this would mean to you:
1) you would have to submit a list of dumps you use
2) you would have to update your tools which use dumps to use the shared dumps
For some time during the transition we would keep symlinks on old locations (instead of
the files themselves) but the final step is to have dumps only on one place.
Questions, comments, suggestions?
Kind regards
Danny B.