> I added a network interface to the backup server on the same segment
> as the client and the timeout disappeared, so it seems my firewall was
> expiring a TCP session somewhere along the line. Unsure whether it's a
> configuration problem on the Bacula or firewall side -- I expected the
> heartbeat to prevent this.
>
> Anyhow, I'm not sure Bacula is the right solution for this type of
> backup: the attribute despool has been running for nearly three days
> straight now.

That is not normal. I have seen 30 minutes for 5 or so TB backup with
a few million files but never days. Do you have your database on a
server with at least 8GB of ram? Is your database on a raid 10 or SSD?

> Does anybody else have experience backing up tons of
> files?

There are users that backup 30 TB containing millions of files in one
job on this list.

>Any recommendations on making it not suck?
>
Not without any system information.


John

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