Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] [Bacula-devel] Feature / Project request - support for file-system / volume / san dedup for file devices

2010-02-10 06:11:28
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] [Bacula-devel] Feature / Project request - support for file-system / volume / san dedup for file devices
From: Marc Schiffbauer <marc AT schiffbauer DOT net>
To: bacula-devel AT lists.sourceforge DOT net, bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:08:57 +0100
* Kern Sibbald schrieb am 10.02.10 um 08:56 Uhr:
> Hello,
> 

Hi Kern,

very interesting to hear that more dedup features are in the queue! Great
news!

[...]

> With all the above, I do not think that it is yet time to discuss changing 
> the 
> Bacula Volume format (though a new (second) Volume format is one of the 
> options I am considering for item 3.

I think to make that filesystem-based dedup actually work, "only" a new
Volume format would do the job. With blocks aligned and metadata
seperated from the bulk data.
In that case bacula does not even have to care about dedup.

-Marc
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