Well, I think the database is a bit tuckered out. I am halting updates for the moment while I work out my next move be it database maintenance or hardware move.
Long time visitors will know that we seem to go through this every couple of years as the data grows and grows and I am reluctant to let a lot of the older data go.
I will likely increase my culling efforts and start removing all characters below level 50 that have not been seen in the last 18 months.
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In my job we track historical data of spam for clients (2GB of data per day for some clients).
I don't know how your data is setup, but what we do normally is roll the data up. Summarize the parts you can (into daily / monthly whatever) so your overall data for calculations is smaller. But we don't destroy the original data just in case we ever need to go back to it.
I don't know how your data is setup, but what we do normally is roll the data up. Summarize the parts you can (into daily / monthly whatever) so your overall data for calculations is smaller. But we don't destroy the original data just in case we ever need to go back to it.
Is the data actually going to be lost, or just saved to disk for archival?
I'm sure that at some point in the future, you'll want to add it back in. Computers are still getting faster, and bandwidth is still improving. I really don't imagine to know how your database works, but do you think that the data can be restored if you want later?
If I have a character that I haven't logged in for more than 2+ years (and by the way, I do), I suppose that when I do log in and am caught by a census, then it will start over with fresh history, right?
My very first toon:
http://www.warcraftrealms.com/charsheet/566821
I'm sure that at some point in the future, you'll want to add it back in. Computers are still getting faster, and bandwidth is still improving. I really don't imagine to know how your database works, but do you think that the data can be restored if you want later?
If I have a character that I haven't logged in for more than 2+ years (and by the way, I do), I suppose that when I do log in and am caught by a census, then it will start over with fresh history, right?
My very first toon:
http://www.warcraftrealms.com/charsheet/566821
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