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Good morning,

*Currently have the following scenario:
-Working copy from from http://svn.ilias.uni-koeln.de/svn/ilias ... 0_x_branch
-Installation with 2 clients: learning, test
*Future scenario:
-learning: working with ILIAS 3.10.X updating from branch (http://svn.ilias.uni-koeln.de/svn/ilias ... 0_x_branch)
-test: working with ILIAS 4.0.1 updating from trunk (http://svn.ilias.uni-koeln.de/svn/ilias3/trunk/).

->Problem: limitation of disk space for duplicate "Data Directory outside Webspace".

*Help:
-we need to know if updating ILIAS to 4.0.X, changes are made in the "Data Directory outside Webspace".
-can someone with the same casuistry tell their best practices?

Thanks in advance

Hi

I don't know if ILIAS has changed its data-structure in the "Data Directory outside Webspace", i guess not.

BUT: If you share one "Data Directory outside Webspace" over two ILIAS installation you will have problems soon, even this are two installation of the same Version.
- What if a user in ilias 1 deletes a file? In Ilias 2 the file will still be shown in the repository but you will not be able to download it.
- What if you run the "System Check" in one of the installations to remove missing objects...
- ....
You will have inconsistencies between the db and the filesystem very soon. I highly recommend not to do this!

regards pascal

Hi,

question,

if the second installation is just for testing, what keeps you from setting the direcory to an inside folder. As far as I understand the "outside" is a "should", not a "must",
depending on the partitions,
I keep my datadir in /home/, and ILIAS is in /var/www/html/
/var/www/ would also be an "outside".

can you post your "df" ?? this might help a bit.

greetings from belgium, sascha

Hi,

Never mix your database/datadir between different ILIAS installations. It will lead to serious damages.
The space required for data directory and database quite small. How much is the cheapest SATA drive? Or a speeder pendrive (slow but can work for a little test)? It is much more cheaper than recover your database and data dir (without backup)

For test you do not need ALL of your data. You can:
- backup data and database
- delete some thing but keep samples from everything
- recover your productive system
- make a different installation and upgrade for 4.x

Or hire a test system from us with the needed capacity
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