hi,

  I use backuppc to save a webserver. The issue is that the application 
used on it is making thousand of little files used for a game to create 
maps and various things. The issue is that we are now at 100GB of data 
and 8.030.000 files so the backups takes 48H and more (to help the files 
are on NFS share). I think i come to the point where file backup is at 
it's limit.

   Is any of you reached this kind of issue, how do you solve that ? 
going for a different way of backuping the files by using 
block/partition backup system etc..

the issue is that so manyfiles make the file by file process very slow. 
I was thinking about block backup but i do not even know tools that does 
it apart R1backup that is a commercial one.

If anyone here met the same issue and give some pointers it would be 
great even perhaps if someone found a way to continue using backuppc in 
that extreme situation.


ps: backuppc server and the web server are debian linux,  i use rysnc 
method and backup  the NFS that i mount localy on the backuppc server.

regards,
Jean.


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