[OSM-dev] Planet file space requirements

[Apollinaris Schoell]

On 30 Oct 2009, at 7:43 , Frederik Ramm wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Andy Allan wrote:
>> 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.
>

for a short time there was a torrent, adding one on the main server  
could save most of the bandwith and improve download speed for all