BackupPC-users

Re: [BackupPC-users] 8.030.000, Too much files to backup ?

2011-12-19 08:53:24
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] 8.030.000, Too much files to backup ?
From: Les Mikesell <lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com>
To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 07:51:56 -0600
On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 2:27 AM,  <gagablubber AT vollbio DOT de> wrote:
> You could transfer to the backuppc host not into the pool but to a temp
> directory and unpackage the tars there. This all via pre backup script.
> Then backuppc steps in and creates a local backup of this temporary
> files so you get the pooling. In the post backup script you flush this
> temp files.

This would take some clever timestamp management to do incremental
tars or you would end up copying all the data every time - which I
think is the real problem here at the nfs level anyway.

-- 
  Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com

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