Hello,
as you are probably aware, Vphot is experiencing some issues in the last few days.
One of the issue is related to the disk space available, as recently we saw a siginificant increase in tne number and size of the images uploaded.
This increase has caused in a few occasions the filling up of the server disk followed by a crash of the application.
To solve this we were forced to decrease the time images are kept on the server, it’s now 12 days and it could possibly be further decreased.
Please remember that Vphot is a shared resource and delete the images after having done your analysis.
Another issue Vphot is experiencing is related to the Out Of Memory errors some of you have posted about.
The Vphot team is actively investigating these errors to pinpoint the scenario that is leading to these errors but we don’t have yet a complete resolution of the issue.
For the time being if you see errors please wait some time and retry the operation, in most cases is going to work. If you post a message about the error you have encountered please specify all the details, like number of images involved, number of different filters, exact time when you saw the error etc
As a final note I’d like to point out that Vphot is maintained by two volunteers, one of which is working a full-time job, so please have a bit of patience and rest assured that everything possible is being done.
