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Offline dave

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Archives back only 7 days now
« on: February 27, 2006, 03:11:20 PM »
Due to disk space limitations, the MP3 archives only go back 7 days now.

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Re: Archives back only 7 days now
« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2006, 04:55:59 PM »
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Due to disk space limitations, the MP3 archives only go back 7 days now.


Thanks for the information.  One of the excellent features I personally enjoy about this site is the archives.  At one point you had talked of wanting to increase the history to somewhere around 30 days.  Obviously this news is not in that direction.

What are your long term plans with regards to archives?  Do these plans hinge on receiving an endowment from the community or a wealthy inheritance?

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« Reply #2 on: February 27, 2006, 05:06:46 PM »
We need another server to dedicate to the archives.  It isn't just a matter of disk space.  When we can afford to get the additional server, we will do so.  In the interim, the only option is to download your archives sooner rather than later.

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« Reply #3 on: February 27, 2006, 05:11:44 PM »
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In the interim, the only option is to download your archives sooner rather than later.


True.  

It seems, though, that there are some examples where an incident or accident may not appear as a topic for discussion in various aviation groups until a few to several days later.   Having the "deeper" archive buffer here is a nice to have, although I certainly understand about the current constraints.  Your excellent site is experiencing substantial listener and feed growth.

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« Reply #4 on: February 27, 2006, 06:25:21 PM »
Thanks for the heads up Dave. I understand completely about running out of space. I enjoy the archive feature and am glad you just didn't remove it completely. Even with the archives only rolling back to 7 days, I still believe that's plenty of time for people to go back and check out interesting things they've heard earlier in the day/week.

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« Reply #5 on: February 27, 2006, 06:45:25 PM »
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Your excellent site is experiencing substantial listener and feed growth.


True, very true.. with even more great feeds in the pipeline.  What isn't growing, though, is the pocketbook to support even greater enhancements!  600+ listeners at any random time during the day, just $1 from each of them could feed a child...  I mean, buy a new server....