Happy Jack Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 I demand a list of Members by Number/Size of Attachments! What do we want? LISTS!!! When do we want it? NOW!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowley Birkin QC Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 [quote name='ahpook' post='1157876' date='Mar 11 2011, 12:46 PM']i've just seriously pruned my attachements...like a kind of techie topiary.[/quote] Did that require a local anaesthetic..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 [quote name='Happy Jack' post='1264663' date='Jun 11 2011, 09:50 AM']I demand a list of Members by Number/Size of Attachments! What do we want? LISTS!!! When do we want it? NOW!!![/quote] 5 attachments. 238.25kb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisd24 Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 just binned 50mb of pure nonsense....sorry bout that didnt know they stuck around for so long Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Undead Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 I've deleted my only attachment Do I need to remove my photobucket links as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machines Posted June 11, 2011 Author Share Posted June 11, 2011 No, image links take up no space on the server . Just deleted 2 JPEGs someone just uploaded @ 8MB each... guess they missed the news ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Undead Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 [quote name='Machines' post='1265462' date='Jun 11 2011, 10:23 PM']No, image links take up no space on the server . Just deleted 2 JPEGs someone just uploaded @ 8MB each... guess they missed the news ![/quote] I bet they're really confused as to where they've gone! Ok, will leave my links in place, thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomKent Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 I think I've got two left, at 3mb for the two?? I'll use flickr from now on to ease the space on you guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 50MB deleted. Unfortunately that includes just about all my Gear Porn pics (the picture downsizing website just froze on me so I gave up with that). If anyone wants pics I will email them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monz Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 OK me bad Just removed 75mb of old stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 [quote name='Clarky' post='1265590' date='Jun 12 2011, 12:16 AM']50MB deleted. Unfortunately that includes just about all my Gear Porn pics (the picture downsizing website just froze on me so I gave up with that). If anyone wants pics I will email them[/quote] For resizing, you could try [url="http://irfanview.com"]Irfanview's[/url] Batch Conversion/Rename option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberthot Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 (edited) Is there a chance that there could be a lot of attachments from forum members who are no longer active and so who would not see this thread? Edited June 12, 2011 by Delberthot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machines Posted June 12, 2011 Author Share Posted June 12, 2011 Yes, but there's no way to query that. All I can do ask people to remove stuff, failing that remove the largest & oldest files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 I've created a Flickr account and transferred my Gear Porn pics there (just click on link in my sig) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiat Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 At home sick, resting up, otherwise probably wouldn't have caught this thread. To help awareness how about making it a sticky in the forums most likely to attract large image files? Or enable an motd style popup when folks first login (the kind that allows the viewer to click to not show it again)? Also to help majorly cure the existing image disk usage, how about writing a script to scale down every large image on the server? It looks doable. PHP was mentioned, so am guessing its a Linux server. "convert" in the ImageMagick package works really well and fast at batch rescaling images on the commandline. Have done it many times on folders of images on my own server. Always can find great threads on basschat, lots of humour even on this "housekeeping" one. Brilliant forum - keep up the great work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machines Posted June 13, 2011 Author Share Posted June 13, 2011 [quote name='kiat' post='1267044' date='Jun 13 2011, 10:23 AM']To help awareness how about making it a sticky in the forums most likely to attract large image files? Or enable an motd style popup when folks first login (the kind that allows the viewer to click to not show it again)?[/quote] It is at the top of the forum when logging in and in CAPS, easily seen but many people choose to ignore it (the amount of topic views is evidence of this). [quote name='kiat' post='1267044' date='Jun 13 2011, 10:23 AM']about writing a script to scale down every large image on the server? It looks doable. PHP was mentioned, so am guessing its a Linux server. "convert" in the ImageMagick package works really well and fast at batch rescaling images on the commandline. Have done it many times on folders of images on my own server.[/quote] Beyond my skillset and we're planning to upgrade the forum to V3 soon which will allow us to manage the files much better anyway. Also, I expect CPU/disk utilisation would be horrific during this process. Anyway - since this has been revived we've collectively cleared 3GB of files which is enough [i]for now[/i]. Will still keep an eye on uploads though and any silly sized ones will be deleted, thanks for your help . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyfisher Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Is it possible to block any uploads larger than a certain size? Another forum I use won't allow any photos with a width of more than 500 pixels, which forces members to shrink them before uploading and keeps the filesizes very small. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Vader Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 You have used 0bytes of 30MB Oh, I shan't delete my attachments then, I don't seem to have used any. Hoorah! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 [quote name='Dave Vader' post='1267504' date='Jun 13 2011, 04:32 PM']You have used 0bytes of 30MB Oh, I shan't delete my attachments then, I don't seem to have used any. Hoorah![/quote] You had loads ... until Machines deleted them all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuee Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 [quote name='flyfisher' post='1267481' date='Jun 13 2011, 04:19 PM']Is it possible to block any uploads larger than a certain size? Another forum I use won't allow any photos with a width of more than 500 pixels, which forces members to shrink them before uploading and keeps the filesizes very small.[/quote] Some images need to be large. Pics of wiring, damage, or anything with a lot of detail. This is fine, [b]they can appear large on screen without being massive files[/b]. People just need to be mindful of what they're posting. Personally I find it frustrating when I want to check out something in the classifieds and the pics are tiny; they're virtually pointless. It's all about compression, not resolution. The picture below is 2080 x 1416 pixels, but the file size is only 198KB and it still looks good. Not all images need to be anywhere near this big, but if you're trying to sell/buy something, or show off your handiwork, whatever, it's very useful and doesn't have to ruin the server. Cropping your photos can also save a fair bit of size, especially if the background is very busy like in a garden or gig setting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 Hey Mr Machines, how about a status update (not the graphite necked new model from Rob Green) on how much space has been freed up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machines Posted June 17, 2011 Author Share Posted June 17, 2011 Sure - since the original issue was reported we have collectively feed up 4.5GB of data (over 10% of attachment size) and at least 3000 files have been removed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 [quote name='Machines' post='1272541' date='Jun 17 2011, 11:10 AM']Sure - since the original issue was reported we have collectively feed up 4.5GB of data (over 10% of attachment size) and at least 3000 files have been removed.[/quote] Does that remove any near-term threat of BC running out of space or is there a lot more still needed to be cut? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machines Posted June 17, 2011 Author Share Posted June 17, 2011 No that's fine for now - it will build up again over time but I expect it to take months to be an issue again . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citymariner Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 I've pruned. Feel much lighter- time for a take out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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