📅 2025-02-27 — Session: Optimized Storage and Managed Data
🕒 20:25–21:05
🏷️ Labels: Storage Optimization, Data Management, Cloud Storage, Disk Cleanup, File Recovery
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM
Session Goal
The primary goal of this session was to optimize storage space and manage data efficiently across various domains, including local storage, electoral data repositories, and cloud storage.
Key Activities
- Storage Optimization: Executed a series of steps to identify and reduce storage space usage by cleaning up large directories and files, including commands for deleting, compressing, and archiving data.
- Electoral Data Organization: Reorganized the
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directory by merging files, restructuring folders, and cleaning up redundant data to enhance accessibility and efficiency. - Disk Cleanup: Addressed disk space issues by cleaning up large directories, hidden trash files, and potential corrupted files, including commands for force deletion, file system checks, compression of backups, and deduplication of data.
- Corrupted File Management: Implemented a systematic approach to forcefully delete corrupted files on an external drive and recover from severely corrupted files, including file system checks and potential reformatting.
- Cloud Storage Management: Uploaded the Census 2010 dataset to Google Cloud Storage, covering installation, authentication, folder creation, file upload, verification, and making files public.
Achievements
- Successfully optimized storage space across local and cloud environments.
- Improved the organization and accessibility of electoral data.
- Enhanced disk management practices, including effective cleanup and recovery strategies.
Pending Tasks
- Further monitoring and periodic checks to ensure continued efficiency in storage and data management.