[p4] Proxy disk usage

[Sweeney, Tony]

Woops,
	Scratch that -- a better informed colleague (Hi Greg) informs me
that the proxy does, in fact, replicate the RCS files and branch
directory structure of the server.  So, basically, I was talking crap.

:*)

Tony.

quis custodiet ipsos custodes -- Juvenal VI, 347-8 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: perforce-user-bounces at perforce.com [mailto:perforce-user-
> bounces at perforce.com] On Behalf Of Sweeney, Tony
> Sent: 02 June 2006 10:00
> To: Chris Weiss; Perforce Users
> Subject: Re: [p4] Proxy disk usage
> 
> Short answer: no.
> 
> The RCS files in the backend compactly contain all revisions of each
> text file.  In the proxy cache, each version of the file requested is
> materialized separately.  Also, in the server, branches, at least
> initially, share a single lazy copy of the parent file.  In the proxy,
> these files are again materialized separately in each branch.  Binary
> files are compressed by default in the server.  I don't know that this
> is true (or not) in the proxy cache.  Clearly proxy sizings will
depend
> on use patterns, but in a pathological case, could greatly exceed the
> size of the main depot.
> 
> Tony.
> 
> quis custodiet ipsos custodes -- Juvenal VI, 347-8
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: perforce-user-bounces at perforce.com [mailto:perforce-user-
> > bounces at perforce.com] On Behalf Of Chris Weiss
> > Sent: 01 June 2006 23:44
> > To: Perforce Users
> > Subject: [p4] Proxy disk usage
> >
> > The System Administration Guide states:
> > "P4P caches file revisions in its cache directory. These revisions
> > accumulate until you delete
> > them. P4P does not delete its cached files or otherwise manage its
> > consumption of disk
> > space."
> > Then:
> > "Warning! If you do not delete cached files, you will eventually run
> > out of disk space."
> >
> > If the Proxy is just caching the files and their revisions, is it
safe
> > to say that (except for the logfile and results of any Obliterate
> > commands) the cache will not exceed the size of the original depot?
> >
> > --
> > -Chris
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