[OSM-dev] Planet file space requirements

[Andy Allan]

On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 8:44 AM, Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org> wrote:

> Simply download the full planet file each week and do a full import.

I'd advise against that - download the diffs, and use them to "patch"
your locally held planet file, then do a full import. The (daily)
diffs come out earlier than the planet, and save a significant amount
of time (and bandwidth) over downloading the whole thing each week.

Cheers,
Andy