I recently upgraded from the 0.88 stable to version 0.89.99.14-beta on Windows 7 64-bit.
Looks like the new version created the '%userdir%\AppData\Roaming\Armory\databases\leveldb_blkdata' directory, which now is larger than the original blockchain dir. What's the point in using double the HD space?
So it doesn't have to hold the full blockchain in the ram. This is a "full implementation", intended for full nodes. This path was opted to reduce overhaul time and limit the code base to debug. There are plans for a lighter version of the DB now that this new code is solid.
I see. So that's already 28 gigabytes of HD space wasted. This is getting ridiculous.