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Create Kiwix Hotspot microSD cards online
https://imager.kiwix.org/
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Increase maximum image size to 512 Gb #176

Closed Popolechien closed 8 months ago

Popolechien commented 4 years ago

The current maximum size that can be generated on the Cardshop is 256 Gb, but we've had instances of people maxing this out and, with the increase in the amount of videos we offer, this size does not seem this much far fetched anymore (and someone trying to generate a StackExchange + enwp image would also be very close to the maximum size allowed already.

400Gb and 512Gb cards are now commercially available, it therefore only makes sense for us to follow the market and be able to provide images within this size range.

DhairyaBahl commented 4 years ago

I would like to work on this issue.

rgaudin commented 4 years ago

This is a cardshop-only issue where we list options. AFAIK, there is no limitation on the hotspot installer.

kelson42 commented 4 years ago

Cardshop issue, migrating and reopening.

rgaudin commented 3 years ago

The way the hotspot works at the moment is that it:

This means that to create a full 256GB image, you need about 512GB of free space on the disk (twice the content size).

Adding 400GB or 512GB (issue is not clear about what exact sizes to add) to the cardshop would mean that such task would require 800GB+ or 1TB+ of free storage on the worker to run (kiwix-hotspot fails early if there's not enough space though).

Our single worker disk is not large enough to handle any of those two sizes at the moment. This is a worker-sizing issue, not a cardshop issue though so let me know if we should add those sizes (indicating exactly those wanted) ; knowing task would fail on our current worker.

kelson42 commented 3 years ago

We need to upgrade the worker.

@Popolechien How urgent is the need?

Popolechien commented 3 years ago

Mildly - experience has shown that people are willing to pack content to the limit of cards commercially available. We've had requests already and considering how card prices are dropping I would expect 512Gb to be the new 256Gb in a year or so from now (much like 256 is beginning to be the new 128).

rgaudin commented 8 months ago

Obsolete