Timeline for Which directories can be deleted when backing up an Unreal Engine project?
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| Oct 3, 2024 at 9:16 | history | edited | MGY | CC BY-SA 4.0 | added 50 characters in body |
| Oct 1, 2024 at 22:01 | comment | added | agone | @DMGregory I am not saying that facts are well established in the question, only that both you and the answer, assumed the question asked for long term storage. Please let the OP justify the question and answer disparity. | |
| Oct 1, 2024 at 21:59 | comment | added | agone | @DMGregory the question says nothing about "Cold storage" nor cloud, only daily backup, not intention. Only: "But I don't want to lose anything at the end of the day." My assumption is day means working day: and that implies "warm storage." Plugging in external hard drive(s) is the standard backup method these days, where size is not primary concern. So size reduction should only include non-modified builds(differential) and "old" logs. Your " trade-off" is upon your assumptions and not facts given in the question. | |
| Sep 30, 2024 at 9:29 | history | edited | MGY | CC BY-SA 4.0 | deleted 96 characters in body |
| Sep 28, 2024 at 0:32 | comment | added | DMGregory♦ | @agone, the question is explicitly about slimming down archived backups to save disc space. These are files in "cold storage" where there's no intention to generate new builds from them regularly. Accepting a space-time trade-off seems entirely appropriate for this use case. | |
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| Sep 27, 2024 at 23:56 | comment | added | agone | Please read the rules on AI generated answers. As this is a poor response, given time required to rebuild DerivedDataCache for a 100 GB project. Safe: yes; Practical: not unless you are archiving the project and will never build it again. | |
| Sep 27, 2024 at 20:26 | history | edited | MGY | CC BY-SA 4.0 | added 14 characters in body |
| Sep 27, 2024 at 20:20 | history | answered | MGY | CC BY-SA 4.0 |