[ET Trac] [Einstein Toolkit] #488: Reduce space taken by Formaline tarballs

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#488: Reduce space taken by Formaline tarballs
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  Reporter:  hinder       |       Owner:           
      Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  review   
  Priority:  minor        |   Milestone:           
 Component:  Cactus       |     Version:           
Resolution:               |    Keywords:  Formaline
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Comment (by eschnett):

 Formaline already uses hardlinks e.g. for executables and for checkpoint
 files. This just adds another use case. Such space optimizations were
 present from the beginning, since they were very important -- otherwise it
 would be too expensive to keep simulations and restarts independent.

 Tarballs will be larger for production runs involving additional, non-ET
 thorns. People will also want to handle several (many) simulations, and
 the sizes add up.

 Simfactory assumes that, once a restart has finished (and has been cleaned
 up), its contents are not modified any more. It is okay to add more
 content, but it is not okay to modify or remove files.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.einsteintoolkit.org/ticket/488#comment:5>
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