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On 23/12/2021 21:50, Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> In the case of astrophotography I will have multiple copies of the |
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> original photos. The process of stacking the individual photos can |
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> create gigabytes of intermediate files but as long as the originals |
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> are safe then it's just a matter of starting over. In my astrophotography |
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> setup I create about 50Mbyte per minute and take pictures for hours |
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> so a set of photos coming in at 1-2GB and up to maybe 10GB isn't |
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> uncommon. I might create 30-50GB of intermediate files which |
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> eventually get deleted but they can reside on the server while I'm |
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> working. None of that has to be terribly fast. |
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:-) |
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Seeing as I run lvm, that sounds a perfect use case. Create an LV, dump |
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the files on it, when you're done unmount and delete the LV. |
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I'm thinking of pulling the same stunt with wherever gentoo dumps its |
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build files etc. Let it build up til I think I need a clearout, then |
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create a new lv and scrap the old one. |
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Cheers, |
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Wol |
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