10/27/08
We need to look at this subject again because storage, or the lack of it, is becoming a problem. Rather than using a script to delete pics older than a certain date, I'm going to try a different approach and see how well it works for us in practice.
To get the most out of the our storage, I am reducing future uploads to the galleries, attachments, and classifieds from 300kb to 200kb, immediately saving up to 1/3 storage on future upload file space. On my own site 200 kb images take up most of the page and I don't see any reason for larger file size than that.
Member's gallery storage will be limited to 60mb per member for the time being. In most cases this far exceeds member usage. But some members will have to reduce their gallery images. I prefer members to choose which images are deleted, than an automated script to delete images. Members with over 60mb of storage will be emailed and given until December 1st to reduce their gallery size.
Next step, if need be, is deleting galleries if members have not been active in the last year.
Once these changes take place, we'll take a look at how well they work and see if further measures need to be taken. Of course these solutions will not please everyone, but we need to find the best solutions within the current storage capabilities. The way our site is set up, accessing storage from other locations is not practical.
Thanks to all.
Stephen
We need to look at this subject again because storage, or the lack of it, is becoming a problem. Rather than using a script to delete pics older than a certain date, I'm going to try a different approach and see how well it works for us in practice.
To get the most out of the our storage, I am reducing future uploads to the galleries, attachments, and classifieds from 300kb to 200kb, immediately saving up to 1/3 storage on future upload file space. On my own site 200 kb images take up most of the page and I don't see any reason for larger file size than that.
Member's gallery storage will be limited to 60mb per member for the time being. In most cases this far exceeds member usage. But some members will have to reduce their gallery images. I prefer members to choose which images are deleted, than an automated script to delete images. Members with over 60mb of storage will be emailed and given until December 1st to reduce their gallery size.
Next step, if need be, is deleting galleries if members have not been active in the last year.
Once these changes take place, we'll take a look at how well they work and see if further measures need to be taken. Of course these solutions will not please everyone, but we need to find the best solutions within the current storage capabilities. The way our site is set up, accessing storage from other locations is not practical.
Thanks to all.
Stephen
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wlewisiii
Guest
I've been in the process of moving all of my online works to Google's Picassa Web http://picasaweb.google.com since it's 1) free 2) for up to 1gb storage (fee after that if you want it) and 3) a heck of lot nicer interface than flickr. Once I'm satisfied I've moved all I need to, I'll delete my gallery here for you Stephen.
Not going away though, sorry
William
Not going away though, sorry
William
pesphoto
Veteran
I mostly post pics in the W/NW threads now, the pics are hosted on the server for my own website. My gallery is close to empty.
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Todd.Hanz
Guest
Is there a way to delete most of or all my gallery without going image by image?
Todd
Todd
pesphoto
Veteran
unfortunately I dont think so. I went one by one.
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Todd.Hanz
Guest
Me too, please erase my gallery and I'll start over...no time to do them one by one.
Todd
squirrel$$$bandit
Veteran
I haven't been able to upload anything to the gallery for months--4 images are stuck in my queue and nothing has been able to dislodge them. I gave up a long time ago!
The other problem with this change is that, most of the time, we want to be able to display larger images. If we're just showing one another pics of our cameras, it's not too important, but time after time I find myself wishing I could look at a 1000-pixel-wide version of other members' stuff. Especially when we're comparing film stocks or the results from different digital sensors. As a result, I generally just direct people to my flickr page, and have been visiting other members' flickr pages too, instead of visiting the galleries here.
I'd vote for INCREASING the maximum file size, but LIMITING the number of photos we can upload. Devoting our galleries here to hi-res versions of only our very best pictures would be wonderful.
The other problem with this change is that, most of the time, we want to be able to display larger images. If we're just showing one another pics of our cameras, it's not too important, but time after time I find myself wishing I could look at a 1000-pixel-wide version of other members' stuff. Especially when we're comparing film stocks or the results from different digital sensors. As a result, I generally just direct people to my flickr page, and have been visiting other members' flickr pages too, instead of visiting the galleries here.
I'd vote for INCREASING the maximum file size, but LIMITING the number of photos we can upload. Devoting our galleries here to hi-res versions of only our very best pictures would be wonderful.
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wlewisiii
Guest
What she said.
William
William
squirrel$$$bandit
Veteran
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wlewisiii
Guest
If you mean me...I'm a dude.
Oops. Time for another trip to Brain Farts Anonymous... :bang:
William
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Todd.Hanz
Guest
squirrel$$$bandit
Veteran
dude, your a dude?
Todd
Totally, dude.
Don't'cha wish you could see 1000 pixels of my sexy hotness?
chris91387
Well-known
do what you need to do, stephen, but it would be a shame to see some of the older rff pictures go away just because the photographer is no longer active. there's really some great stuff from the past.
- chris
- chris
Joao
Negativistic forever
The same happens to me. I always get messages saying that I have exceeded my daily upload, even if I try to upload small files.
Two messages about this to the webmaster - no reply...
OTOH no problem in uploading attachments
Any solutions?? Any sugestions ?
Thanks
Joao
Tuolumne
Veteran
I don't understand why this is an issue. You can buy 1.5 terabyte disk drives for well under $500 today. Why not just throw one of those into the mix when storage starts to get tight?
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squirrel$$$bandit
Veteran
It could be that there are bandwidth limits on the server Stephen is using.
jan normandale
Film is the other way
Re bulk 'deletions' I did mine by deleting the individual folders. For my shots that were not in folders then I had to delete those individually.
dcsang
Canadian & Not A Dentist
heh.. I hear this all the time at work.
It's not the cost of the drive itself it's the support for the storage space, the bandwidth and time that it takes to back up the stuff stored on the storage space, the people who monitor the storage space, etc. etc. etc.
The costs associated with storage is always a lot more than just the cost of the physical disk itself - not to mention the fact that it could be that the server that's hosting this joint is not just a box that's been thrown together but it could be a rack mount puppy instead.
Cheers,
Dave
ETA: And I believe that 200kb is more than ample if people knew how to save correctly for web viewing - if folks don't want to lose detail etc - print out the image or show 100% crops of the image rather than the whole image.
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ClaremontPhoto
Jon Claremont
I am a loyal customer of Ffordes because many years ago I visited their (old) shop and asked about a particular camera. The shop assistant showed me photos from that very camera.
To sell cameras at CameraQuest you might consider displaying even more photos at RFF; not fewer photos.
To sell cameras at CameraQuest you might consider displaying even more photos at RFF; not fewer photos.
Tuolumne
Veteran
Bandwidth? What bandwidth? Most of the time the photos are just sitting there. If there's more of them, that doesn't necessarily translate into more bandwidth. They are still only being viewed one at a time. The other points could be an issue, I don't know since Steven isn't saying. I guess it depends on how much you want to spend on the site and how important you think the galleries are.
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