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Reduce disk space usage for 'medwiki' database backups
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Hi @Mr.Ibrahem! The Toolforge NFS server is filling up and one of the highest disk users currently is the medwiki tool with its databasebackup folder taking ~175G of space.

Please reduce the disk space usage of that folder. Two immediate methods stand out to me:

  • Compress the SQL dumps.
  • Remove older files. Usually after some time daily dumps aren't really necessary, and only weekly/monthly/etc dumps need to be kept (where the others can be removed).

Thanks!

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Restricted Application added a subscriber: alaa. · View Herald TranscriptJun 6 2025, 1:52 PM

Thank you for reporting, I just clear it up. I will follow up with your suggestions.