Post subject: Re: BetaArchive Database Suggestions & Bug Reports Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2019 11:24 am
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Surely the blank 15th user can't be intentional.
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Post subject: Re: BetaArchive Database Suggestions & Bug Reports Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2019 1:58 pm
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Oh, seems some old sins are coming back to bite me. Thanks for letting me know, I will try to fix this over time as it requires some rehashing of checksums etc.
Post subject: Re: BetaArchive Database Suggestions & Bug Reports Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2019 11:17 pm
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Andy wrote:
Badly worded, but it's by design. If it's got over 100 results we tell you this and then limit it to 1000 maximum. Your search gave 123 results total.
Why not show the top line only if the 1000 row limit is reached and stylize the "consider refining your search" notice more like a balloon under the filter box?
Post subject: Re: BetaArchive Database Suggestions & Bug Reports Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2019 11:26 pm
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Andy wrote:
The idea is to try and encourage you to refine your search. Who wants to look through 100 or even 1000 results?
I should have expressed myself more clearly
If the search returns more than 100 rows, then I think something like a balloon tooltip that would advise the user to refine their search, which could be dismissable, could be shown under the filter box with the "arrowhead" pointing towards it. The 1000 row limit notice would appear only if the limit was actually hit.
Post subject: Re: BetaArchive Database Suggestions & Bug Reports Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2019 5:09 pm
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I know the BetaArchive database has been up for a while now, and I know it's still under construction (in beta), but may I ask if you will eventually be adding the original BetaArchive layout on the database page (the layout with the white content and the blue title bar)? Just wondering. And may I also suggest adding the database page to the navigation bar so that people could get to that page easier? Other than that, nice feature for BetaArchive
Post subject: Re: BetaArchive Database Suggestions & Bug Reports Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2019 9:57 pm
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JonathonWyble wrote:
may I ask if you will eventually be adding the original BetaArchive layout on the database page (the layout with the white content and the blue title bar)?
How is it not "the original BetaArchive layout"?
JonathonWyble wrote:
And may I also suggest adding the database page to the navigation bar so that people could get to that page easier?
According to what Andy said on the Discord, the navigation bar is bound to be reworked. The database is going to be added to the navigation bar as soon as that is done.
Post subject: Re: BetaArchive Database Suggestions & Bug Reports Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2019 4:31 pm
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AlphaBeta wrote:
JonathonWyble wrote:
may I ask if you will eventually be adding the original BetaArchive layout on the database page (the layout with the white content and the blue title bar)?
How is it not "the original BetaArchive layout"?
It sort of is, the content is fine, but the title bar is grayish white instead of blue, like it usually is on this site. I'm talking about this:
Original title bar:
Database page title bar:
But I might get it, because as the title implies, the database is still in development, so maybe the blue theme will eventually be added to the title bar on the database page.
AlphaBeta wrote:
JonathonWyble wrote:
And may I also suggest adding the database page to the navigation bar so that people could get to that page easier?
According to what Andy said on the Discord, the navigation bar is bound to be reworked. The database is going to be added to the navigation bar as soon as that is done.
Post subject: Re: BetaArchive Database Suggestions & Bug Reports Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2019 12:51 am
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This is less of a Suggestion, and more a Question, but it could end up being a Suggestion depending on the answer that I get.
What filesystem does your FTP Server use? Is it NTFS, ReFS, or something else? Because if it's NTFS, I'd suggest switching over to ReFS if possible, in order to maximize reliability. Alternatively, if you use a non-Windows operating system for the FTP server, then you could conceivably give ZFS a try. It's a really freaking good filesystem, especially for reliable storage.
Post subject: Re: BetaArchive Database Suggestions & Bug Reports Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2019 10:47 am
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Even since it's not a database question and should be in its own topic I will answer.
We use NTFS at the moment, but over time it will be switched to ReFS. ZFS is not an option because of the out of this world memory requirements, we rely heavily on deduplication, and the memory requirements of ZFS deduplicating a 100TB volume far exceeds the resources we have available. From what I have learned you need approximately 20GB RAM for every TB of data you want to deduplicate, that would mean we would need a server with 2TB of RAM. That's about 8 times more RAM than we have now, and the hardware required (motherboard, CPUs and RAM itself) would be astronomically expensive. In this regard Microsoft is far better at this, albeit with slower performance. And the switch to ReFS will take time because I have to copy deduplicate almost 100TB of data across a 32TB volume which is very time consuming and can't be automated, all of this while still keeping the FTP open and maintained with backups. The last repack of the FTP took almost 8 months to do, moving everything to ReFS will take 2-3 months minimum, and that is after I've purchased the hardware needed, something I am not prepared to do at this moment.
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