Hi!

On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 3:15 AM, Daniel Betz <dbetz AT df DOT eu> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>
>
> can you give me some tips for backing up an filesystem with many many small
> files on it ?
>
> The problem is, that i must backup mailservers with about 300 GB and  more
> than 1-2 million of many small files (Maildir).

These are not *that* much files, I got a backup with 1.2M files, and
600GB on it.

>
> The File Table in the bacula database grows up to more than 3GB and the
> backups takes more than 30 hours.

What database server are you using?  more details on your backup
(network speed, backup media, etc...).

>
> Is this an good time, or is there an way to optimize this eg. to run more
> cuncurrent jobs than one on the client ?
>
> When i turn on concurrent jobs must i enable data spooling ?
>
>
>
> This makes it impossible to restore single files "quick".
>
>
>
> When you need more information, please let me know.
>

Bacula version, which database (including version), and, off course,
your platform.  Any extra info would be good.

>
>
> Many thanks and greetings,
>
>
>
> Daniel Betz
> Platform Engineer
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