[Mediawiki-l] Deleting archived files

[Frank Fulchiero]

> From: Platonides <Platonides at 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