Hi,

14.06.2008 00:14, Stephan Jennewein wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> on pcs I want to backup somebody did the following:
> 
> dd if=/dev/zero of=tmp bs=1k count=1 seek=1G

Jokesters ;-)

> I did a estimate in the bconsole and wondered about 2TB files on a 500gig hd. 
> Will bacula backup these files or does it ignore them?

Unless explicitly configured to ignore them, Bacula will - of course - 
back them up.

Hint: "Sparse = Yes" handles these files more efficiently. Compression 
does, too.

Arno

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