How much disk space do you need to work?
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We regularly run out of disk space on our lixus dev servers as the admin team don't want to put quotas in place. I had a look today and in my 'working' area containing many local checkouts of different things that had been built with all their temp files, log files from running them, the odd core file, etc and I've used 150gb. On my windows machine there's another 20gb of similar stuff. This seems like a lot, how much do others have?
I've got 1.5TB internal, 2TB external, and I manage well enough. Of course, I don't do any development, just download lots of pr0n. It seems to me that it wouldn't be too very difficult to write a simple script to run each night to dispose of temp files and logs. I agree with the admins, though - quotas are a pain, because the few who need a bunch of space will constantly bitch about being throttled. Admins have enough crap to deal with without creating more for themselves.
Will Rogers never met me.
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We regularly run out of disk space on our lixus dev servers as the admin team don't want to put quotas in place. I had a look today and in my 'working' area containing many local checkouts of different things that had been built with all their temp files, log files from running them, the odd core file, etc and I've used 150gb. On my windows machine there's another 20gb of similar stuff. This seems like a lot, how much do others have?
640K - Who would ever need more?
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We regularly run out of disk space on our lixus dev servers as the admin team don't want to put quotas in place. I had a look today and in my 'working' area containing many local checkouts of different things that had been built with all their temp files, log files from running them, the odd core file, etc and I've used 150gb. On my windows machine there's another 20gb of similar stuff. This seems like a lot, how much do others have?
For regular work, not that much; we do mostly desktop c++ application (no database or weird libraries). our builds, debug/release in 32 and 64 bits, about 15 gig in total. I have about 10 different checkout of the current branch and the last 2 previous releases to help find regression bugs. my desktop has a 128gig SSD and 1TB HDD.
Nihil obstat
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We regularly run out of disk space on our lixus dev servers as the admin team don't want to put quotas in place. I had a look today and in my 'working' area containing many local checkouts of different things that had been built with all their temp files, log files from running them, the odd core file, etc and I've used 150gb. On my windows machine there's another 20gb of similar stuff. This seems like a lot, how much do others have?
It's never ending. I regularly have to check out multiple instances of multiple projects, and the free disc space just disappears.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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We regularly run out of disk space on our lixus dev servers as the admin team don't want to put quotas in place. I had a look today and in my 'working' area containing many local checkouts of different things that had been built with all their temp files, log files from running them, the odd core file, etc and I've used 150gb. On my windows machine there's another 20gb of similar stuff. This seems like a lot, how much do others have?
I tend to be a pack rat with my development stuff. Every several years I'll archive it all up as a zip file, then delete stuff I don't think I need and carry on. I've discovered that clients will ask for things that I dealt with many, many moons ago.
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We regularly run out of disk space on our lixus dev servers as the admin team don't want to put quotas in place. I had a look today and in my 'working' area containing many local checkouts of different things that had been built with all their temp files, log files from running them, the odd core file, etc and I've used 150gb. On my windows machine there's another 20gb of similar stuff. This seems like a lot, how much do others have?
I'm currently using ~175/232 GB on my HD (6mo old system so relatively clean); of which ~10GB is data under SVN. The remainder consists of applications and my music. If/when I get around to setting up a W8 VM for dev experimentation I'll probably end up squeezed again which's more of a problem that it might seem at first glance because the drive encryption we're using allegedly makes it impossible to just image and resize my partition onto a larger drive (we found a few supposed workarounds for doing so but IT insisted they wouldn't work/weren't safe/etc). :sigh:
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
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We regularly run out of disk space on our lixus dev servers as the admin team don't want to put quotas in place. I had a look today and in my 'working' area containing many local checkouts of different things that had been built with all their temp files, log files from running them, the odd core file, etc and I've used 150gb. On my windows machine there's another 20gb of similar stuff. This seems like a lot, how much do others have?
My machine currently has a 60gb hard drive...and its running vista and VS 2005 + 08 + 10. I can only fit two repositories on it, and i have about 500mb of free space with that swap file set at a max of 512 (and that never causes problems). Luckily, I'm allegedly getting a new machine next Monday with a 128 GB SSD and 300GB HD.
CPallini wrote:
You cannot argue with agile people so just take the extreme approach and shoot him. :Smile:
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We regularly run out of disk space on our lixus dev servers as the admin team don't want to put quotas in place. I had a look today and in my 'working' area containing many local checkouts of different things that had been built with all their temp files, log files from running them, the odd core file, etc and I've used 150gb. On my windows machine there's another 20gb of similar stuff. This seems like a lot, how much do others have?
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We regularly run out of disk space on our lixus dev servers as the admin team don't want to put quotas in place. I had a look today and in my 'working' area containing many local checkouts of different things that had been built with all their temp files, log files from running them, the odd core file, etc and I've used 150gb. On my windows machine there's another 20gb of similar stuff. This seems like a lot, how much do others have?
To work... not much, if we exclude virtual machines, around a 1GB will do it, if I stored every project I worked on in the past, maybe around 10 GB will suffice; however dealing with music and movies, space can go really quick.
CEO at: - Rafaga Systems - Para Facturas - Modern Components for the moment...
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We regularly run out of disk space on our lixus dev servers as the admin team don't want to put quotas in place. I had a look today and in my 'working' area containing many local checkouts of different things that had been built with all their temp files, log files from running them, the odd core file, etc and I've used 150gb. On my windows machine there's another 20gb of similar stuff. This seems like a lot, how much do others have?
the minimum I can work on is modeled by my current laptop. It has 750 GB... I have it partitioned 200 and 550 I need 90 GB for my tools I need 100 GB for virtual machines the rest is almost full! (90% work related) my new laptop, should be delivered Wed) has a 1TB hybrid drive. Can't wait!!! :-D
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We regularly run out of disk space on our lixus dev servers as the admin team don't want to put quotas in place. I had a look today and in my 'working' area containing many local checkouts of different things that had been built with all their temp files, log files from running them, the odd core file, etc and I've used 150gb. On my windows machine there's another 20gb of similar stuff. This seems like a lot, how much do others have?
Whatever it is, it's usually not enough. But seriously, my work machine has an 80GB hard drive and I'm constantly having to manage it because it's almost full. Mostly with test and dev tools. I have 1T internal and external hard drives on my home machine and 250GB on my laptop. Much better. Meanwhile, software keeps getting bigger and more resource intensive, so it all seems relative...
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We regularly run out of disk space on our lixus dev servers as the admin team don't want to put quotas in place. I had a look today and in my 'working' area containing many local checkouts of different things that had been built with all their temp files, log files from running them, the odd core file, etc and I've used 150gb. On my windows machine there's another 20gb of similar stuff. This seems like a lot, how much do others have?
150GB is a bit much, but I wouldn't consider it excessive. I typically keep ~5 complete, compiled source trees around on my dev system, each might be a few GB in size. I find that after about five views, I start to loose track of what changes are in each that make them worth keeping, so I'm pretty aggressive about cleaning up ones I no longer need.
We can program with only 1's, but if all you've got are zeros, you've got nothing.
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We regularly run out of disk space on our lixus dev servers as the admin team don't want to put quotas in place. I had a look today and in my 'working' area containing many local checkouts of different things that had been built with all their temp files, log files from running them, the odd core file, etc and I've used 150gb. On my windows machine there's another 20gb of similar stuff. This seems like a lot, how much do others have?
I did a very thorough investigation of the space we actively need some 30 months back, when all we had was a 80 GB HD and the option to outsource data to the company network. I've found our disks to be constantly full, and we had to move rather recent packages of data over to the network drives to make do every month or two. Looking at the amount of network space (40 GB and actual local space (75 GB) we needed, plus additional space we'd need due to projects moved from 32bit to 64 bit applications, I estimated our need at that point in time to be around 150-160 GB of space. I even estimated the amount of data adding to that number per year, multiplied it with the average life time of our desktops (about 5-6 years), and ended up with a minimum of 200-220 GB. Today, 30 months later, I am using 165 GB. That's a bit less than anticipated, but that is mostly due to the fact that we haven't yet moved our application to 64 bit. Of course, all these numbers are based on very stable assumptions: working on a single application with a known set of tools and no short term or even mid term plans to radically redesign any parts of it, or launch another project. These numbers include Windows 7, the typical set of office tools, VisualStudio, some more dev tools, some 8-10 working copies of our application that I switch between for different purposes, and a considerable amount of project data that we keep for testing or reproduction of errors.
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Given that I collect source code like other people collect stamps you really don't want to know and I'm not sure I've ever added it all up correctly, terror bites, as the flea said to the shark.
"The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage." Thucydides (B.C. 460-400)
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My machine currently has a 60gb hard drive...and its running vista and VS 2005 + 08 + 10. I can only fit two repositories on it, and i have about 500mb of free space with that swap file set at a max of 512 (and that never causes problems). Luckily, I'm allegedly getting a new machine next Monday with a 128 GB SSD and 300GB HD.
CPallini wrote:
You cannot argue with agile people so just take the extreme approach and shoot him. :Smile:
Shelby Robertson wrote:
...i have about 500mb of free space with that swap file set at a max of 512...
You get better performance out of a swapfile when it is "large" and not fragmented. Best case is contiguous. The swapfile is not generally used much on a system, but when it is, it is always when the system is really busy, and fragmentation makes the problem(s) worse. Use of an SSD disk will alter the statistics somewhat, but split I/Os (ie. breaking up a "large" I/O into pieces) badly impact the swapping process. SSDs still work better with a contiguous swapfile.
-- Harvey
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Whew! I assume that this post is the result of large quantities of pizza and beer?
-- Harvey
I assume you are about to expire from boredom if you're reading 10 day old drivel written by some amateur politician who thinks he can write software. :)
"The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage." Thucydides (B.C. 460-400)
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I assume you are about to expire from boredom if you're reading 10 day old drivel written by some amateur politician who thinks he can write software. :)
"The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage." Thucydides (B.C. 460-400)
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Shelby Robertson wrote:
...i have about 500mb of free space with that swap file set at a max of 512...
You get better performance out of a swapfile when it is "large" and not fragmented. Best case is contiguous. The swapfile is not generally used much on a system, but when it is, it is always when the system is really busy, and fragmentation makes the problem(s) worse. Use of an SSD disk will alter the statistics somewhat, but split I/Os (ie. breaking up a "large" I/O into pieces) badly impact the swapping process. SSDs still work better with a contiguous swapfile.
-- Harvey
H.Brydon wrote:
You get better performance out of a swapfile when it is "large" and not fragmented. Best case is contiguous. The swapfile is not generally used much on a system, but when it is, it is always when the system is really busy, and fragmentation makes the problem(s) worse.
H.Brydon wrote:
Shelby Robertson wrote:
...i have about 500mb of free space
If you don't have enough disk space for anything larger, then larger is not better. Also in the particular system we are talking about, the swap file is hit near constantly. Said system needs to be thrown away.
CPallini wrote:
You cannot argue with agile people so just take the extreme approach and shoot him. :Smile:
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We regularly run out of disk space on our lixus dev servers as the admin team don't want to put quotas in place. I had a look today and in my 'working' area containing many local checkouts of different things that had been built with all their temp files, log files from running them, the odd core file, etc and I've used 150gb. On my windows machine there's another 20gb of similar stuff. This seems like a lot, how much do others have?
I use about 105 gig on my work machine, which includes 14 g of music, plus a bunch of other unnecessary files, and a number of project I have downloaded, either from codeproject, or my own company, that are unnecessary. On my laptop, which I recently had a disk failure, I replaced a 750gb hd with a 250 and currently using only 64 gb. Now on my desktop at home, I am always close to filled because I use it for downloading and ripping, including videos. I have a 4 TB drive in my desktop which I use for all my data, and a 2 TB USB backup which I keep stuff that I really do not want to loose if the 4TB dies (happy it is not a WE since I have had more failures with WE drives). My final backup is a 500 gb, which now does not hold quite as much as I would like. I do not backup the videos. I have seen a lot of stuff on servers at work which should have been removed years ago that is still there. Stuff that may have unintentionally been placed on a server and now cannot be deleted.
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To work... not much, if we exclude virtual machines, around a 1GB will do it, if I stored every project I worked on in the past, maybe around 10 GB will suffice; however dealing with music and movies, space can go really quick.
CEO at: - Rafaga Systems - Para Facturas - Modern Components for the moment...