On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 6:00 PM, Bjoern Schiessle <[email protected]>wrote:

> > Now, would the "Deleted Files",
> > - calculate free space: 195 - 13 = 182 gb
> > - 50% of available free space = 182/2 = 91 gb = cap of Deleted Files app.
> > - Start discarding older pictures until it uses 91 gb of the free space.
> > thus discarding 120 - 91 = 29 gb of pictures.
> >
> > right?
>
> Yes, that's correct.
>

First of all, thanks Bjoern for your response. I apprecite it.

Good to confirm. But this also proves that the deleted files app does not
really save you in certain cases like this. (This could have been a disk
image, database, or other large file than pictures).


> > Do you think this can be enhanced, ie to give 1 hour or 1 day of grace
> > period for the user to understand his horrible mistake and revert it?
>
> I think this would be difficult. Something like suggested by you could
> work in your scenario. But for example what would happen if you not only
> delete your picture collection by accident but also add some other
> (large) files to your sync folder. Should we than stop uploading the new
> files for an hour because the delete operation could have been a
> mistake? I don't think that this would be a good idea. The trash bin is
> a tool which should not get into your way and just use the available
> free space to add some convenience.
>

Marcel Waldvogel in his mail recommended a solution to this: just delete
the deleted files if new files are uploaded. Don't assume that new files
will come immediately and make me lose 29gb of pictures instantly. I think
that was a good improvement suggestion.

In my case, this 195gb is on a VPS and I do not yet have the option to
raise it due to budget constraint.  It's not that I don't keep my files
elsewhere as well, but if I could have such functionality, I may decide
that Owncloud would give me a grace period to save me, and I could let go
the 3rd copy of backups :)

Many thanks again,
Br,
Emre
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