Jim Leonard wrote at about 21:21:08 -0500 on Sunday, August 30, 2009:
 > dan wrote:
 > 
 > > Once the metadata and config moves to a database, so many things 
 > > become very easy.  A single backuppc server could handle many more 
 > > concurrent backups because multple data storage devices can seperate IO 
 > > and relieve the pressure on the IO system of the OS.
 > 
 > It sounds like you've never heard of volume management.  You can already 
 > split the load of a single filesystem across multiple devices, in pretty 
 > much every single modern operating system.  Filesystem gets full, you 
 > can add more volumes and grow the filesystem.  This is not difficult, 
 > and not a problem that needs solving.

But a program should not be dependent on volume management. Volume
management is a general tool that can be helpful but should not be
required. In fact, personally, I have never seen a non-enterprise
piece of software that so clearly required it's own dedicated
filesystem along with volume management. To me it seems like a
significant and ever-increasing limitation even if it isn't obviously
a show-stopper.


 > 
 > If this is a limitation of the OS you want to put BackupPC on, then you 
 > need to choose a different OS.
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