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"""Handle storage retention and usage."""
import logging
import shutil
import threading
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from multiprocessing.synchronize import Event as MpEvent
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from pathlib import Path
from peewee import SQL, Case, fn
from frigate.config import FrigateConfig
from frigate.config.camera.updater import (
CameraConfigUpdateEnum,
CameraConfigUpdateSubscriber,
)
from frigate.const import (
RECORD_DIR,
REPLAY_CAMERA_PREFIX,
STREAM_TYPE_MAIN,
STREAM_TYPE_SUB,
)
from frigate.models import Event, Recordings
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from frigate.util.builtin import clear_and_unlink
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
bandwidth_equation = Recordings.segment_size / (
Recordings.end_time - Recordings.start_time
)
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MAX_CALCULATED_BANDWIDTH = 10000 # 10Gb/hr
BANDWIDTH_SAMPLE_TARGET = 50
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class StorageMaintainer(threading.Thread):
"""Maintain frigates recording storage."""
def __init__(self, config: FrigateConfig, stop_event: MpEvent) -> None:
super().__init__(name="storage_maintainer")
self.config = config
self.stop_event = stop_event
self.camera_storage_stats: dict[str, dict] = {}
# read by stats; true while maintenance has to delete retained recordings
self.retention_unmet = False
self.config_subscriber = CameraConfigUpdateSubscriber(
self.config,
self.config.cameras,
[CameraConfigUpdateEnum.record],
)
def _recording_stream_types(self, camera: str) -> tuple[str, ...]:
"""Return the stream types the camera is currently recording."""
camera_config = self.config.cameras.get(camera)
if camera_config is None or not camera_config.record.enabled:
return ()
if camera_config.record.sub.enabled:
return (STREAM_TYPE_MAIN, STREAM_TYPE_SUB)
return (STREAM_TYPE_MAIN,)
def expected_hourly_bandwidth(self) -> float:
"""Return the MB/hr the cameras are expected to write.
Only the streams a camera currently records are counted, so toggling
recording or sub stream recording is reflected without waiting for the
existing segments of a stopped stream to expire.
"""
total = 0.0
for camera, stats in self.camera_storage_stats.items():
stream_bandwidths = stats.get("bandwidth_by_stream", {})
total += sum(
stream_bandwidths.get(stream_type, 0)
for stream_type in self._recording_stream_types(camera)
)
return round(total, 2)
def _recent_stream_bandwidth(
self, camera: str, stream_type: str, window: int
) -> float | None:
"""Average MB/s over a stream's most recent rows, or None if no sample.
Zero-size rows are excluded inside the projection, not the WHERE
clause: a segment_size predicate baits the planner into the
(camera, segment_size) index plus a full sort of the camera's
history instead of the time-ordered index.
"""
recent = (
Recordings.select(
Case(
None,
[(Recordings.segment_size > 0, bandwidth_equation)],
None,
).alias("bw")
)
.where(
Recordings.camera == camera,
Recordings.stream_type == stream_type,
)
.order_by(Recordings.start_time.desc())
.limit(window)
.alias("recent")
)
avg: float | None = Recordings.select(fn.AVG(SQL("bw"))).from_(recent).scalar()
return avg
def _stream_sample_count(self, camera: str, stream_type: str) -> int:
"""Count a stream's non-zero segments, stopping at the sample target."""
count: int = (
Recordings.select(Recordings.id)
.where(
Recordings.camera == camera,
Recordings.stream_type == stream_type,
Recordings.segment_size > 0,
)
.limit(BANDWIDTH_SAMPLE_TARGET)
.count()
)
return count
def _needs_refresh(self, camera: str) -> bool:
"""Return whether a stream the camera records still lacks samples.
Counted per stream rather than per camera: a stream that starts
recording later has no samples of its own yet, and a camera-wide count
would report it settled on the strength of another stream's history.
"""
return any(
self._stream_sample_count(camera, stream_type) < BANDWIDTH_SAMPLE_TARGET
for stream_type in self._recording_stream_types(camera)
)
def calculate_camera_bandwidth(self) -> None:
"""Calculate an average MB/hr for each camera."""
for camera in self.config.cameras.keys():
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# Skip replay cameras
if camera.startswith(REPLAY_CAMERA_PREFIX):
continue
if not self.camera_storage_stats.get(camera, {}).get("needs_refresh", True):
continue
# calculate MB/hr from the last 100 segments of each stream
# type and sum the rates; mixing streams would average small
# sub segments against large main segments and underestimate
# the true write rate
bandwidth_by_stream: dict[str, float] = {}
for stream_type in (STREAM_TYPE_MAIN, STREAM_TYPE_SUB):
avg_bw = self._recent_stream_bandwidth(camera, stream_type, 100)
if avg_bw is None:
# the recent window can be all zero-size ingest
# glitches; look further back before concluding
# the stream writes nothing
avg_bw = self._recent_stream_bandwidth(camera, stream_type, 1000)
if avg_bw is not None:
bandwidth_by_stream[stream_type] = round(avg_bw * 3600, 2)
bandwidth = round(sum(bandwidth_by_stream.values()), 2)
if bandwidth > MAX_CALCULATED_BANDWIDTH:
logger.warning(
f"{camera} has a bandwidth of {bandwidth} MB/hr which exceeds the expected maximum. This typically indicates an issue with the cameras recordings."
)
# scale each stream so the per stream values still sum to
# the clamped total the UI displays alongside them
scale = MAX_CALCULATED_BANDWIDTH / bandwidth
bandwidth_by_stream = {
stream_type: round(value * scale, 2)
for stream_type, value in bandwidth_by_stream.items()
}
bandwidth = MAX_CALCULATED_BANDWIDTH
self.camera_storage_stats[camera] = {
"needs_refresh": self._needs_refresh(camera),
"bandwidth": bandwidth,
"bandwidth_by_stream": bandwidth_by_stream,
}
logger.debug(f"{camera} has a bandwidth of {bandwidth} MiB/hr.")
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def calculate_camera_usages(self) -> dict[str, dict]:
"""Calculate the storage usage of each camera."""
usages: dict[str, dict] = {}
for camera in self.config.cameras.keys():
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# Skip replay cameras
if camera.startswith(REPLAY_CAMERA_PREFIX):
continue
stream_usages = {
row["stream_type"]: row["usage"] or 0
for row in (
Recordings.select(
Recordings.stream_type,
fn.SUM(Recordings.segment_size).alias("usage"),
)
.where(Recordings.camera == camera, Recordings.segment_size != 0)
.group_by(Recordings.stream_type)
.dicts()
)
}
stream_bandwidths = self.camera_storage_stats.get(camera, {}).get(
"bandwidth_by_stream", {}
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)
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camera_key = (
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getattr(self.config.cameras[camera], "friendly_name", None) or camera
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)
usages[camera_key] = {
"usage": sum(stream_usages.values()),
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"bandwidth": self.camera_storage_stats.get(camera, {}).get(
"bandwidth", 0
),
# only streams with segments on disk are reported, so a camera
# keeps its sub entry until sub retention expires those segments.
# bandwidth is null rather than 0 when the cache holds no sample
# for the stream, since 0 would claim it writes nothing
"streams": {
stream_type: {
"usage": stream_usages[stream_type],
"bandwidth": stream_bandwidths.get(stream_type),
}
for stream_type in (STREAM_TYPE_MAIN, STREAM_TYPE_SUB)
if stream_usages.get(stream_type)
},
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}
return usages
def check_storage_needs_cleanup(self) -> bool:
"""Return if storage needs cleanup."""
# currently runs cleanup if less than 1 hour of space is left
# disk_usage should not spin up disks
hourly_bandwidth = self.expected_hourly_bandwidth()
remaining_storage = round(shutil.disk_usage(RECORD_DIR).free / pow(2, 20), 1)
logger.debug(
f"Storage cleanup check: {hourly_bandwidth} hourly with remaining storage: {remaining_storage}."
)
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return remaining_storage < float(hourly_bandwidth)
def reduce_storage_consumption(self) -> None:
"""Remove oldest hour of recordings."""
logger.debug("Starting storage cleanup.")
deleted_segments_size = 0
hourly_bandwidth = self.expected_hourly_bandwidth()
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recordings = (
Recordings.select(
Recordings.id,
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Recordings.camera,
Recordings.start_time,
Recordings.end_time,
Recordings.segment_size,
Recordings.path,
)
.order_by(Recordings.start_time.asc())
.namedtuples()
.iterator()
)
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retained_events = (
Event.select(
Event.start_time,
Event.end_time,
)
.where(
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Event.retain_indefinitely == True,
Event.has_clip,
)
.order_by(Event.start_time.asc())
.namedtuples()
)
event_start = 0
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deleted_recordings = []
for recording in recordings:
# check if 1 hour of storage has been reclaimed
if deleted_segments_size > hourly_bandwidth:
break
keep = False
# Now look for a reason to keep this recording segment
for idx in range(event_start, len(retained_events)):
event = retained_events[idx]
# if the event starts in the future, stop checking events
# and let this recording segment expire
if event.start_time > recording.end_time:
keep = False
break
# if the event is in progress or ends after the recording starts, keep it
# and stop looking at events
if event.end_time is None or event.end_time >= recording.start_time:
keep = True
break
# if the event ends before this recording segment starts, skip
# this event and check the next event for an overlap.
# since the events and recordings are sorted, we can skip events
# that end before the previous recording segment started on future segments
if event.end_time < recording.start_time:
event_start = idx
# Delete recordings not retained indefinitely
if not keep:
try:
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clear_and_unlink(Path(recording.path), missing_ok=False)
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deleted_recordings.append(recording)
deleted_segments_size += recording.segment_size
except FileNotFoundError:
# this file was not found so we must assume no space was cleaned up
pass
# check if need to delete retained segments
if deleted_segments_size < hourly_bandwidth:
logger.error(
f"Could not clear {hourly_bandwidth} MB, currently {deleted_segments_size:.2f} MB have been cleared. Retained recordings must be deleted."
)
recordings = (
Recordings.select(
Recordings.id,
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Recordings.camera,
Recordings.start_time,
Recordings.end_time,
Recordings.path,
Recordings.segment_size,
)
.order_by(Recordings.start_time.asc())
.namedtuples()
.iterator()
)
for recording in recordings:
if deleted_segments_size > hourly_bandwidth:
break
try:
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clear_and_unlink(Path(recording.path), missing_ok=False)
deleted_segments_size += recording.segment_size
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deleted_recordings.append(recording)
except FileNotFoundError:
# this file was not found so we must assume no space was cleaned up
pass
self.retention_unmet = True
else:
logger.info(f"Cleaned up {deleted_segments_size:.2f} MB of recordings")
self.retention_unmet = False
logger.debug(f"Expiring {len(deleted_recordings)} recordings")
# delete up to 100,000 at a time
max_deletes = 100000
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# Update has_clip for events that overlap with deleted recordings
if deleted_recordings:
# Group deleted recordings by camera
camera_recordings = {}
for recording in deleted_recordings:
if recording.camera not in camera_recordings:
camera_recordings[recording.camera] = {
"min_start": recording.start_time,
"max_end": recording.end_time,
}
else:
camera_recordings[recording.camera]["min_start"] = min(
camera_recordings[recording.camera]["min_start"],
recording.start_time,
)
camera_recordings[recording.camera]["max_end"] = max(
camera_recordings[recording.camera]["max_end"],
recording.end_time,
)
# Find all events that overlap with deleted recordings time range per camera
events_to_update = []
for camera, time_range in camera_recordings.items():
overlapping_events = Event.select(Event.id).where(
Event.camera == camera,
Event.has_clip == True,
Event.start_time < time_range["max_end"],
Event.end_time > time_range["min_start"],
)
for event in overlapping_events:
events_to_update.append(event.id)
# Update has_clip to False for overlapping events
if events_to_update:
for i in range(0, len(events_to_update), max_deletes):
batch = events_to_update[i : i + max_deletes]
Event.update(has_clip=False).where(Event.id << batch).execute()
logger.debug(
f"Updated has_clip to False for {len(events_to_update)} events"
)
deleted_recordings_list = [r.id for r in deleted_recordings]
for i in range(0, len(deleted_recordings_list), max_deletes):
Recordings.delete().where(
Recordings.id << deleted_recordings_list[i : i + max_deletes]
).execute()
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def run(self) -> None:
"""Check every 5 minutes if storage needs to be cleaned up."""
if self.config.safe_mode:
logger.info("Safe mode enabled, skipping storage maintenance")
self.config_subscriber.stop()
return
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self.calculate_camera_bandwidth()
while not self.stop_event.wait(300):
self._maintain_once()
self.config_subscriber.stop()
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logger.info("Exiting storage maintainer...")
def _maintain_once(self) -> None:
updated_topics = self.config_subscriber.check_for_updates()
for camera in updated_topics.get(CameraConfigUpdateEnum.record.name, []):
if camera in self.camera_storage_stats:
self.camera_storage_stats[camera]["needs_refresh"] = True
if not self.camera_storage_stats or True in [
r["needs_refresh"] for r in self.camera_storage_stats.values()
]:
self.calculate_camera_bandwidth()
logger.debug(f"Default camera bandwidths: {self.camera_storage_stats}.")
if self.check_storage_needs_cleanup():
logger.info(
"Less than 1 hour of recording space left, running storage maintenance..."
)
self.reduce_storage_consumption()
else:
self.retention_unmet = False