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 # crazy-file-server
 
-*A heavy-duty web file browser for cRaZy files.*
+_A heavy-duty web file browser for cRaZy files._
 
-The whole schtick of this program is that it caches the directory and file structures so that the server doesn't have to
+The whole schtick of this program is that it caches the file structure of your dataset so that the server doesn't have to
-re-read the disk on every request. By doing the processing upfront when the server starts along with some background
+do I/O operations on every request. By doing the processing upfront when the server starts, we can keep requests snappy and responsive.
-scans to keep the cache fresh we can keep requests snappy and responsive.
 
 I needed to serve a very large dataset full of small files publicly over the internet in an easy to browse website. The
-existing solutions were subpar and I found myself having to create confusing Openresty scripts and complex CDN caching
+existing solutions were subpar and I found myself having to create confusing Openresty configs with complex CDN caching
-to keep things responsive and server load low. I gave up and decided to create my own solution.
+to keep things responsive and server load low. I gave up and decided to build my own solution from the ground up.
 
-You absolutely need an SSD for this. With an SSD, my server was able to crawl over 6 million files stored in a very
+## System Setup
-complicated directory tree in just 5 minutes.
 
-This was designed to run on a Linux machine. Not sure if this works on Windows.
+You'll need at least 5GB of RAM CrazyFS is heavily threaded, so you'll want at least an 8-core machine.
+
+You absolutely need an SSD for this. With two SSDs in a RAID1 ZPOOL, my server was able to crawl over 7 million files stored in a very
+complicated directory tree in under 3 minutes.
+
+It's also possible to use a very fast SSD as swap in case your dataset needs more memory than you have in RAM. The Samsung 980PRO NVMe drive worked very well for me as a swap drive.
+
+You'll need something like Nginx if you want SSL. Also, crazyfs works best with an HTTP cache in front of it. I set my CDN to cache responses for 2 hours.
+
+This program was designed to run on a Linux machine. Not sure if this works on Windows.
 
 ## Features
 
-- Automated cache management. Fill the cache when the starts, or as requests come in.
+-   Automated cache management. Fill the cache when the starts, or as requests come in.
-- Front end agnostic design.
+-   Front end agnostic design.
-- Elasticsearch integration.
+-   Elasticsearch integration.
-- File browsing API.
+-   File browsing API.
-- Download API.
+-   Download API.
-- Admin API.
+-   Admin API.
 
 ## Install
 
-1. Install Go.
+Download the binary or install Go and build it via `./build.sh`.
-2. Download the binary or do `cd src && ./build.sh`
 
 ## Use
 
-1. Edit `config.yml`. It's well commented.
+1.  Edit `config.yml`. It's well commented.
-2. `./crazyfs --config /path/to/config.yml`. You can use `-d` for debug mode to see what it's doing.
+2.  `./crazyfs --config /path/to/config.yml`. You can use `-d` for debug mode to see what it's doing.
 
 By default, it looks for your config in the same directory as the executable: `./config.yml` or `./config.yaml`.
 
-If you're using initial cache and have tons of files to scan you'll need at least 5GB of RAM and will have to wait 5 or
+Native searching is included with the server, but it doesn't work very well and is slow. You'll probably want to set up Elasticsearch.
-so minutes for it to traverse the directory structure. CrazyFS is heavily threaded, so you'll want at least an 8-core
-machine.
-
-You'll need something like Nginx if you want SSL or HTTP. Also, CrazyFS works great with an HTTP cache in front of it.
-
-## To Do
-
-- [ ] Remove symlink support.