[ros-dev] Some upcoming changes

[Alex Ionescu]

How about archiving the older logs in a format that may be a one-time
CPU expense, but never have to worry about uncompressing? Ie: I don't
want really old logs accessible through the UI, but just available by
developer request.

Best regards,
Alex Ionescu



On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 2:36 AM, Colin Finck<mail at colinfinck.de> wrote:
> Alex Ionescu wrote:
>> Can we please 7zip logs instead of deleting them?
>
> As the logs are not simple text files, but stored in a database for showing
> them together with other test information (see e.g.
> http://backend.reactos.org/testman/detail.php?id=341420), I've used MySQL's
> COMPRESS/UNCOMPRESS instead of 7-Zip now.
> In my opinion, the higher memory requirements and system load of 7-Zip also
> don't outweigh the compression ratio for text files, which shouldn't be that
> much better compared to a zlib-based algorithm (as it's used by
> COMPRESS/UNCOMPRESS). Keep in mind that everybody shall still be able to
> easily access these logs over the web interface, so they have to be
> uncompressed on-the-fly.
>
> But all in all, using compression here was a good idea, we're down to 190 MB
> now. :-)
>
> Though I'm still not in favor of keeping logs of ancient revisions forever.
> It's okay if we extend the limit to 2-3 years, but does anybody really need
> even older logs?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Colin
>
>
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