I swear, they're all just backups

The electronic media in my house is stored on my media server. It's a slackware computer with a 2TB array on xfs. For simplicity, I made myself a set of strict rules to follow when adding stuff, to keep everything organized and clean: observe,

• /media/binaries
  For non-consumable binary data: backups, disk images, etc
• /media/cache
  For temporary storage of uncategorized data
• /media/movies
  For feature-length films
• /media/music
  For audio
• /media/promo
  For promotional material: trailers, music videos, etc
• /media/shows
  For episode-format tv shows

For example:

• /media/movies/Cannibal! The Musical.iso
• /media/music/Audioslave/Audioslave - Revelations/11 - Wide Awake.flac
• /media/binaries/isos/slackware-11.0.iso
• /media/shows/southpark/1x03 - Volcano.vob

After a few years of cleaning up the namespace, I think it's hit a point of harmony, so I'm not going to mess with it for now.

1 comment

mark - 2007-08-30 00:33:36

just checking