For everyone who wanted the file deleter code, I put it up for download at http://nic.ucsf.edu/File deleter.zip
There are two versions in there, you want oldFileDelete02. Run.bat shows you how to run it: basically, you run oldFileDelete02 <directory> <age_threshold_in_days> <0_forNoDelete,1_forDelete> <0=list_deleted,1=list_all>
Be careful and don't accidentally delete anything you don't want to.
Kurt
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From: Confocal Microscopy List [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David Knecht [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 2:42 PM
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Hi Kurt- Is the 30 day erase script something that can be shared? I don't know how to do it myself and that sounds like a great way to solve an old problem. Dave
On Jul 9, 2009, at 5:26 PM, Thorn, Kurt wrote:
This is a problem with the FAT32 file system; it only allows 2GB file sizes. We've run into this problem as well.
In my core, we allow users to store data on local hard drives for up to 30 days. This is enforced by a script that runs nightly and deletes any data older than that. Until recently we also provided a 3 TB file server for users to temporarily store data on; this had a 120 day limit for storing data. The 120 day limit was necessary to keep this system from filling up; the data rate from our core of 6 microscopes (including 2 confocals and a time lapse system) was 6-9 TB / year. That server recently died and we're in the process of replacing it with a larger file server.
Kurt
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Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 2:12 PM
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We recently had a problem to move a single 4GB file by using memory sticks or external harddisks, the file system on these devices did not allow such large files. The systemt is not connected to the network because it does not run anti virus software. We then moved the file to a laptop computer (MAC) using a network cable.
best wishes
Andreas
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From: Peter Carroll <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
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Sent: Thu, 9 Jul 2009 21:53
Subject: Re: I.T. questions
I have users bring a USB thumb-drive, USB hard-disk or blank CDs ;)
Mike Tighe wrote:
Would anyone be willing to share some of your Ideas on managing data generated on single and multi photon instruments? Do you allow users to move data directly to institute server? Has anyone tried to estimate the amount of data per person or per hour of usage that is generated. How often do you remove data from instrument computer? Any advice would be very useful!
Thanks!!
Mike
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