I think you'd be surprised. We have a HUGE amount of bandwidth sucked up by replay every month.
On my (windows) servers, the replay "cleanup" system has never worked. I ended up using a 3rd party system run on a regular basis using task scheduler to clean up the old files. I just set it to delete anything in the target folders over two days old every time it runs. On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 11:24 AM, Hedgehog <[email protected]> wrote: > You guys made me aware i've got the same problem ;) > > With Team Fortress 2 i've decided to go the easy way, so I'll just disable > it. Don't think (m)any of my regulars are using it anyway. > > 2012/1/11 Jason <[email protected]> > >> Tyler, I have the *SAME* issue....and all i could do was simply turn off >> replays, which made my community annoyed/sad....but, I had difficulty >> browsing the FTP folder of replays as my FTP client would crash. I had to >> ask for my provider to delete most of them for me so I could at least >> browse the folder. >> >> Definitely wish it didn't leave every single replay block on the FTP ... >> that just seems silly >> >> >> On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 11:10 AM, Tyler Davies >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Hey guys, not to deviate from the subject of this thread, but I'm having >>> MAJOR replay issues as well. >>> >>> It's not that it isn't working, it's that it isn't working as intended. >>> I didn't check on this earlier, and I just noticed. I have replays being >>> accumulated and they are NEVER deleted! I have replay blocks dating back to >>> August of last year sitting in the replay directory! What the heck!? Aren't >>> they supposed to be removed when the server is updated? There are now more >>> than 10 GB of replay blocks in just ONE of my replay directories. It >>> crashes my SCP client as soon as I even open the directory. >>> >>> How can I solve this problem without deleting replays still in use by >>> clients? Valve, it would be nice if the server would actually remove the >>> replays when an update is pushed through just as the game client states it >>> will do, and recommends for clients to save their replays if they want to >>> keep them. >>> >>> Any assistance is appreciated! =] >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 10:59 AM, Shon Myles <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks so much Mark, Brendan and Hedgehog. Your suggestions resolved my >>>> issue. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 9:31 AM, Hedgehog <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> replay_fileserver_port "21" >>>>> >>>>> Can you comment that line? Or change it to 80? >>>>> >>>>> 21 is the default FTP port, download goes over HTTP >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> >>>>> Hedgehog >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> 2012/1/11 Lance Waidzunas <[email protected]> >>>>> >>>>>> Check and make sure the FTP server isn't full. We had that issue >>>>>> with our servers a while back, it even prevented the map from changing. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 9:23 AM, Shon Myles >>>>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I've been experiencing an issue on my servers where replay >>>>>>> downloads fail everytime. The error players get is: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Replay error system: The session info file failed to download: No >>>>>>> headers. URL: >>>>>>> http://stompfesttf2web.site.nfoservers.com:21/public/replayfolder<http://stompfesttf2web.site.nfoservers.com:21/public/replayfolder/20120111-083609-ctf_turbine.dmx> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Here is my config: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> replay_enable "1" >>>>>>> replay_block_dump_interval "15" >>>>>>> replay_fileserver_protocol "http" >>>>>>> replay_fileserver_offload_enable "1" >>>>>>> >>>>>>> replay_fileserver_host "stompfesttf2web.site.nfoservers.com" >>>>>>> replay_fileserver_port "21" >>>>>>> replay_fileserver_path "/public/replayfolder" >>>>>>> >>>>>>> // Your FTP info. This data is private and not shared with the >>>>>>> client. >>>>>>> replay_fileserver_offload_protocol "ftp" >>>>>>> replay_fileserver_offload_hostname " >>>>>>> stompfesttf2web.site.nfoservers.com" >>>>>>> replay_fileserver_offload_port "21" >>>>>>> replay_fileserver_offload_remotepath "/public/replayfolder" >>>>>>> replay_fileserver_offload_login "****" >>>>>>> replay_fileserver_offload_password "****" >>>>>>> replay_fileserver_offload_maxuploads "16" >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Any ideas? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >>>>>>> archives, please visit: >>>>>>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >>>>>> archives, please visit: >>>>>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>>>> please visit: >>>>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>>> please visit: >>>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>> please visit: >>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds > >
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