3D Files can consume a lot of space. Depending on the use case, the size of a 3D FIle can vary between a couple of bytes for a simple cube, to hundreds of megabyte for complex and organic shapes.
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Object Storages have the benefit that they do not run out of space and the costs their cost increase according to the actual usage (so you don’t do not pay for unused capacity). Read here how to configure the 3YOURMIND Software to work with S3.
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To avoid the need of increasing the storage often, consider to provision provisioning more than enough capacity.
For productive production environments, it’s it is probably better to think in TerraBytes terrabytes instead of GigaBytesgigabytes.
Option 3: Delete/Archive unneeded files
For each uploaded file, 3YOURMIND stores multiple other files. Below is a list of each files file's purpose and the impact of removing it from the file systemstorage.
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If you are using a local storage solution then you can delete the files by running:find . -name "[filename]" -type f -delete -print
Filename | Purpose | Presence | Typical size | Impact when Deleteddeleted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
originalFile.* | The uploaded file, for “Download Original“ | always1 * original | “Download Original“ will not work | |
repaired.stl | Repaired file, for download“Download Optimized“ | always | 1 * originaloriginalFile | “Download Optimized“ will not work |
repaired_original.ctm | Repaired file in lossless format, used for further computations, e.g. orientation optimization | always | 0.1 * originaloriginalFile | Orientation Optimization would will stop working |
repaired.ctm | Repaired file in lossy format, used in the 3D viewerViewer | always | 0.1 * originaloriginalFile | 3D Viewer would will not open |
thumbnail.png | Thumbnail, used as a preview in the applicationSoftware | always | 100 KB | Thumbnails in Software and PDFs would will be missing |
support_histogram.json | Support histogram, for pricing | always10 KB | 0.5 * originalFile | Pricing in the Basket would will stop working |
support.json | Support structure for visualization in the 3D viewer | always | 0.5 * original | Support structure could can not be shown in the viewer3D Viewer |
wta.json | Wall thickness analysis for visualization in the 3D viewer | always | 0.2 25 * originaloriginalFile | Wall Thickness Analysis would be unavailable in the viewer.thickness analysis can not be shown in the 3D Viewer |
repaired_simple.ctm | Simplified repaired file, used in the 3D viewer | big files | 0.01 * originaloriginalFile | Viewer would will be unavailable for big files. |
optimized_orientation.fb | Cached results of orientation optimization | orientation optimization in pricing formula | 200 B | |
model.zip | Repaired WRL file and texture (if present), for download“Download Optimized“ | multicolor files | 1 * originalFile | “Download Optimized“ will not work |
texture.png | Texture of the file, used in the 3D viewer | textured files | ||
wtaOriginal.json | Wall thickness analysis of the original file | always before 4.1.0, removed after | 0.2 * original | |
parameter.3yd | 3D model parameter of the original file | always before 4.1.0, removed after | 64 B | |
viewer.ctm | Original file in lossy format, used in the 3D viewer of the old user panel | always before 4.1.0, removed after | 0.1 * original | |
viewerOriginal.ctm | Original file in lossless format | always before 4.1.0, removed after | 0.1 * original | |
original.stl | Original file converted to STL | always before 4.1.0, removed after | 1 * original | |
repaired_texture.png | Texture of the repaired file | textured files, removed in 4.1.0 |
Option 4: Delete/Archive old files
Another option is to scan the filesystem storage for old file to files and remove or archive old filesthem.
Note that the files are created during the initial upload. There could be cases in which a user uploads a new file into a basket, then waits for 1 year, and after 1 year places the order. Also files might be part of a long-living Digital Inventory. Unfortunately you can not detect in the file system itself for You may want to avoid deleting files that are part of a Digital Inventory. It is however impossible to detect what a file is used for from the stored files itself, so be careful.
The impact on the software when deleting files is as follows:
The thumbnails won’t will not show up (404)
The Download download links would will not work (404)
The viewer would 3D Viewer will show an error
The Baskets baskets, in which the files are uploaded to have been uploaded into, will show an error
All RequestRequests, Quotes and Order Data is accessiblequotes and order data will be inaccessible