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Revision 15 (Greg Burri, 10/15/2009 09:09 PM) → Revision 16/18 (Greg Burri, 03/04/2011 09:17 AM)

h1. Persistent data 

 h2. Files cache 

 This file contains all the shared files and theirs SHA-1 hashes. This file is saved in user space after an update of the file list, it is completely loaded at the start of Aybabtu. If some paths of some files doesn't match the shared directory they are discarded. 

 This file is saved as a binary file serialized by protocol buffer. 

 You can see the proto file here : source:/application/Protos/files_cache.proto 

 h3. Size 

 Here is a size approximation for 50'000 files stored in 1 TB. The overhead of the file format is not taken in account. 

 <pre> 
 Nb of files : 50'0000 
 Total size : 1 TB 
 Chunk Size : 32 MB 
 Average file per directory : 50 
 Average filename and dirname length : 50 char 
 Size of a hash : 20B 
 </pre> 

 <pre> 
 AverageFileSize = 1*1024^4 / 50'000 = 21MB 
 Sha1Size = floor(AverageFileSize / 32MB) * 20 * 50'000 = 1 * 20 * 50'000 = 977kB 
 FilenameSize = 50'000 * 50 * 2 = 4.8MB (2 bytes per char) 
 DirnameSize = (50'000 / 50) * 50 * 2 = 97kB 

 TotalSize = 977kB + 4.8MB + 97kB = 5.9MB 
 </pre> 

 h2. Queued files and directories 

 A file containing the queued files and directories is saved in user space. An item from the list may contains a remote peer id and/or the hashes which identify a file.  

 As the file cache file (see above), this file is saved as a binary file serialized by protocol buffer. 

 For more details see the file : source:/application/Protos/queue.proto 


 h2. Configuration file 

 h3. Core side 

 here are the persisted data : 

 * The nick 
 * The peer ID 

 As the other data described above these data are saved as a file serialized by _Protocol Buffer_ but in a human readable form. 

 For more details see the message _Settings_ in file : source:/application/Protos/common.proto 

 h3. Client Side 

 here are the persisted data : 

 * Core address 
 * Password for remote core 

 These data are save using _QSettings_ : http://doc.trolltech.com/4.5/qsettings.html.