On 09/16/10 16:22, David Noriega wrote:
> Its an idea, but not what I asked. I would have gone with a completely
> disked based backup, but that kind of hardware is expensive to do it
> right. I asked about multiplexing. I figure I could take /home and
> break it down into /home/[a-k] or something. Break /home into say four
> pieces but it doesn't look elegant(This is what I used to do on our
> older backup system that used Symantec NetBackup), nor does it take
> into account that some users use more space then others. I'm curious
> if there is a way to break /home into roughly equally sized parts that
> could then run simultaneously.

You do NOT want to do this.  If you're trying to run four concurrent
backup sessions on a single host, you will totally hammer the disk
subsystem with seeks and your throughput will drop into the third
sub-basement.


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