[OpenIndiana-discuss] Time-slider percentages

[Alexander Pyhalov]

Hello, Harry.

Harry Putnam писал 23.08.2015 21:31:
> On OS's like OI 151_a9, when the `time-slider' app from
> menu System/administration/time-slider is in working order, I'm
> curious why the percentage allowed for snapshots is so high?
> 
> On my setup, `the time-slider manager' allows 70-90 % of disk space to
> be set for the storage of snapshots... above your choice the oldest
> get deleted.
> 
> That seems like an awfully high percentage... even at the lowest
> setting of 70%.

It seems you misunderstand this setting. It says "clean up snapshots 
when > 70% of filesystem space is used",
it is not "> 70 is used by snapshots". And this seems reasonable. 
However, I suspect that
having hard-coded 70 and 90% is a bit strange, I'd allow user to set 
whatever he wants.

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