Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula Limit Bandwidth

2008-12-17 20:08:44
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula Limit Bandwidth
From: Carlos Velasco <baculaml AT nimastelecom DOT com>
To: Dan Langille <dan AT langille DOT org>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 02:05:01 +0100
> Robert Du Gaue wrote:
>> I second this. Something like a LIMITBANDWIDTH keyword,
>> specifically to prevent a link from being saturated. Either at the
>> director level or storage level (too allow for links with dedicated
>> nics full thru-put) Good suggestion.
> 
> There are many tools available to limit bandwidth.  We are a backup 
> project.  Let's leave network throttling to other projects.  There
> are many solutions, more than enough for each platform we support.
> 
> We don't have enough coders to manage the existing list of features
> let along take on tasks that are clearly outside the scope of
> backups.

Maybe you are right, although IMHO I wouldn't say that shaping traffic
in an application that is very bandwidth demanding is outside the scope
of it.

I think it would be a nice feature for a wishlist :)

Regards,
Carlos Velasco

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