Thanks for that feedback jweide!
It’s not a good one, but it the kind of feedback that allows us to improve. In fact, related to this topic, we are already working on different directions:
- We are going to automate bandwidth usage tests to catch problems or advice better about the consumption. (More info here: Measure bandwidth consumption on every release · Issue #1756 · balena-os/meta-balena · GitHub)
- We are including a migration from aufs to overlfs that will allow moving aufs containers to overlay2 without having to re-download them (please be aware of the changelogs and the effect of extra bandwidth usage if this migration doesn’t work properly)
- We are studying how to give more control to users, on cell vs landline traffic
- We are analyzing how to reduce bandwidth usage.
And of course, your message pushed us to check and see how to improve our release cycle. We definitely want to improve and avoid unwanted situations like yours.
Thanks again!