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Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula, XFS, and Inode64

2009-06-03 12:09:30
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula, XFS, and Inode64
From: "Walton, Bryan K" <bryan-walton AT uiowa DOT edu>
To: bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 11:05:20 -0500
On Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 01:11:51AM +0200, Arno Lehmann wrote:
> 02.06.2009 23:17, Walton, Bryan K wrote:
> > 
> > Can anybody tell me whether we might encounter problems with Bacula if
> > we mount this filesystem with the inode64 option?
> 
> Unlikely. Internally, Bacula uses the system-defined inode data type 
> for its stat packet. Depending on how you built your FD, the size used 
> may be 32 or 64 bits.

Thanks Arno.  Just as an FYI, we created a test XFS filesystem using the
ino64 mount option (ino64 is a testing option that forces ALL inodes
to be 64 bit).  We then did a backup and restore of some data on
that filesystem.  Bacula handled the job quite nicely.

Cheers,
Bryan

-- 
Bryan K. Walton                          Division of Physiologic Imaging
Systems Administrator           University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

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