From: Platonides <Platonides(a)gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Deleting archived files
Frank Fulchiero wrote:
I notice the images/archive folder is over 1 GB in size.
These are the files which were "overwritten" by a new upload, ie. the
file history. Deleted files are not saved (unless you specifically
configured it to do so, and i doubt it was available for 1.5).
For some strange reason, these deleted files were saved...
Can I safely
delete everything inside it, just leaving the empty
archive folder?
I depends what you want...
Well, I don't want to restore them. Just want the wiki to work
normally in the future.
So, can they be safely deleted?
We have a large hard drive, but create a new
image every week for
backup, and it would save time.
Do incremental backups. Once a file goes into the
archive, it won't
change (well, if disappears if you delete the image page).
I meant image as in using NetRestore on OSX to create a clone of the
hard drive.
http://www.bombich.com/software/netrestore.html
With an image, I can restore the entire server to another computer in
about 10 minutes, and I create an image every week, for safety.
Thanks,
Frank Fulchiero
Digital Media Specialist
Connecticut College