Hallo Tino,
> > But that may be a weird and complex way-of-thinking that is
> affecting
> > only me :-/
>
> Nope, I tend to think like that as well. :-|
OK, let's not waste anoybody's time with above "phylosophycal"
matters... ;-)
> The short answer is: You cannot account for single host disk
> usage because of pooling.
Thanks for stating one of my unwritten thoughts. I was considering that
issue too, but I also thought: "if I do 'du -sh' I get the *real*
occupation for that directory", thus I could be accounting on that
base...
> Suppose, you've got three hosts, all with the same operating
> system. All common files will be in the pool only once. And
> they will get hardlinked every time you do a full backup.
[cut]
I'm backing up only user data directories (in fact, I'm backing up the
shares of customers' servers), thus I can't imagine there will be many
hardlinks. Nevertheless, I'm seeing that the only value that may be
considered is the one shown in the "Host Summary" page.
[cut]
> My advice: Just account on total amount of data backed up.
> And this is the number you get in the host summary page as
> "Full Size(GB)" and in host status page in the "File
> Size/Count Reuse Summary" table in "Totals" column - here you
> can also see the pooling effects nicely.
As I stated above, I think I will be accounting like you're suggesting
to: "Host Summary" page will have to be enough, for me and for my
customers.
Thanks for sharing thoughts!
Regards,
Flavio Boniforti
PIRAMIDE INFORMATICA SAGL
Via Ballerini 21
6600 Locarno
Switzerland
Phone: +41 91 751 68 81
Fax: +41 91 751 69 14
URL: http://www.piramide.ch
E-mail: flavio AT piramide DOT ch
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