[tor-bugs] #4848 [Tor Relay]: Prealloc disk space for descriptors files

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#4848: Prealloc disk space for descriptors files
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 Reporter:  tmpname0901  |          Owner:                    
     Type:  enhancement  |         Status:  new               
 Priority:  normal       |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.4.x-final
Component:  Tor Relay    |        Version:  Tor: 0.2.2.35     
 Keywords:  perf         |         Parent:                    
   Points:               |   Actualpoints:                    
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Changes (by arma):

  * milestone:  Tor: 0.2.2.x-final => Tor: 0.2.4.x-final


Comment:

 Man. Sounds like ntfs sucks as a filesystem. :)

 For context, Tor appends descriptors to this file as it gets them, but it
 keeps them in ram as well. Periodically it gathers all of them, writes a
 new cached-descriptors file, and zeroes the cached-descriptors.new file.

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