> I just installed Bacula 5.0.2 on a FreeBSD 8.1 system with about 24TB of disk 
> space with the intention of doing my backups straight to disk.  The storage 
> array is configured using ZFS, and I've configured Bacula to make backups to 
> /bacula/FileStorage.
>
> My question is this: the other day, I re-started the bacula-dir service in 
> the middle of a backup, and it seems to have corrupted the FileStorage file. 
>  This wasn't a big deal during testing as I could just whack the existing 
> file and create a new one, but it got me wondering about the resiliency of 
> FileStorage devices during a backup server crash.
>
> Is there anything special I should do to make FileStorage devices more robust?

Limit the size of the volumes to a few GB. Also never put all of your
backups on a single raid. Use multiple raids and at least 1 copy to
each raid.

>
> Also, is it a good idea to label a separate volume for each backup job?
>

Some  users do that, I do not bother.

John

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