Timeline for How much storage space do developers really need on work systems?
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| Mar 31, 2012 at 10:47 | history | edited | yannis | edited tags | |
| Mar 28, 2011 at 17:57 | comment | added | xdumaine | @AdityaGameProgrammer I realize that the network would probably be the first thing controlled. My point is that I don't understand why there is an issue with extraneous hard drive usage. Extraneous network usage can cause slow speeds and hinder work for everyone. If a dev is running out of hard drive space because he's loaded music, etc. on it, it is his own problem. The only issue is if he requests additional space, and a simple drive audit determines if he's using it for non-dev-related data - and then it's no issue. | |
| Mar 28, 2011 at 15:23 | comment | added | Zan Lynx | @Jan_V: I think your disk usage tool is double-counting the DLL files with multiple links. I've got Windows 7 plus many applications installed on a 30 GB drive with space left over. | |
| Mar 28, 2011 at 15:19 | comment | added | Aditya P | @roviuser Do you think in such a situation,That wouldn't be the first thing controlled? | |
| Mar 28, 2011 at 14:14 | comment | added | David Thornley | This is far too vague to be answered. I need to check out my source tree, and under certain circumstances I might want to have multiple versions. I need room to store test cases, tools, and documentation. That's pretty typical. How much space do you think that is? (I was feeling pretty squeezed at 150G, actually, but that would vary wildly for other companies). The typical developer here has whatever was good at the time his or her machine was ordered. | |
| Mar 28, 2011 at 13:32 | answer | added | Murph | timeline score: 0 | |
| Mar 28, 2011 at 13:13 | comment | added | xdumaine | Seems to me like extraneous usage is going to come into play in the network/internet access area - not the hard drive. | |
| Mar 28, 2011 at 13:09 | answer | added | Jaster | timeline score: 0 | |
| Mar 28, 2011 at 12:53 | vote | accept | Aditya P | ||
| Mar 28, 2011 at 12:46 | answer | added | user1249 | timeline score: 3 | |
| Mar 28, 2011 at 12:45 | answer | added | Joel Etherton | timeline score: 3 | |
| Mar 28, 2011 at 12:44 | comment | added | TZHX | Output file for what? | |
| Mar 28, 2011 at 12:35 | history | edited | Aditya P | CC BY-SA 2.5 | added 194 characters in body |
| Mar 28, 2011 at 12:35 | answer | added | Berin Loritsch | timeline score: 6 | |
| Mar 28, 2011 at 12:31 | comment | added | TZHX | @Aditya - I work on software for analysing the results of experiments in particle accelerators. | |
| Mar 28, 2011 at 12:06 | comment | added | Aditya P | @TZHX what do you work on? | |
| Mar 28, 2011 at 11:45 | history | edited | Aditya P | CC BY-SA 2.5 | changed title and the opening statement to reflect the topic better |
| Mar 28, 2011 at 11:42 | comment | added | Aditya P | The issue as i understand was restricting the storage space to only the saving of work files to discourage extraneous usage... | |
| Mar 28, 2011 at 11:32 | comment | added | pyvi | @AdityaGameProgrammer: You say cost isn't the issue. So what else is? As for me, I have 120 GB on my own harddrive plus network access to samba servers for more storage. | |
| Mar 28, 2011 at 11:07 | comment | added | Jan_V | A typical modern Windows installation (fully patched) is about 30 to 40GB nowadays. Add some extra dev software to it, storage space and other stuff, you probably need 100GB disks at least. | |
| Mar 28, 2011 at 9:49 | comment | added | Aditya P | @JBR windows,shared resources,desktops. | |
| Mar 28, 2011 at 8:55 | comment | added | JBRWilkinson | What environment are you working in - Windows/*nix? Any shared resources? You want answers for laptops or desktops? | |
| Mar 28, 2011 at 8:27 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackProgrammer/status/52285629307953152 | ||
| Mar 28, 2011 at 8:15 | answer | added | vartec | timeline score: 1 | |
| Mar 28, 2011 at 7:52 | comment | added | TZHX | Varies far too much to give a real answer. A check out of the source tree for my work is over 5 GB, all the built objects / dlls come to over 11 GB. That's 16 of your 20 right there, and I've not even started work yet (and I don't work in any of the fields you mention in your introduction). HDD space is pretty cheap, anyway. | |
| Mar 28, 2011 at 7:50 | answer | added | Zack | timeline score: 9 | |
| Mar 28, 2011 at 7:39 | answer | added | Juan Zamudio | timeline score: 0 | |
| Mar 28, 2011 at 7:38 | answer | added | jwenting | timeline score: 2 | |
| Mar 28, 2011 at 7:37 | comment | added | Aditya P | great already 2 close votes(quick to jump to conclusions ). imagine my situation when i had to come up with a convincing answer. | |
| Mar 28, 2011 at 7:35 | comment | added | Cameron MacFarland | No one will ever need more than 64k... | |
| Mar 28, 2011 at 7:31 | answer | added | Carra | timeline score: 4 | |
| Mar 28, 2011 at 7:30 | history | edited | Aditya P | CC BY-SA 2.5 | added 375 characters in body |
| Mar 28, 2011 at 7:12 | answer | added | Tim Williscroft | timeline score: 20 | |
| Mar 28, 2011 at 7:08 | history | asked | Aditya P | CC BY-SA 2.5 |