On Oct 1, 2008, at 12:24 PM, Eli Shemer wrote:
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Langille [mailto:dan AT langille DOT org]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 4:58 PM
> To: Eli Shemer
> Cc: Bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net; bacula-devel AT
> lists.sourceforge DOT net
> Subject: Re: [Bacula-devel] rsync link behavior
>
>
> On Oct 1, 2008, at 11:50 AM, Eli Shemer wrote:
>
>> Hey there,
>>
>> After doing several incremental backups of our remote servers, I've
>> noticed the backup sizes and transfer time are just too long.
>> Making bacula almost completely improper for backing up remote
>> servers with big single files.
>>
>> I wanted to know whether someone actually got to implement an
>> incremental backup to act like rsync does upon file changes ?
>
> No.
>
>>
>> I'm looking to write a patch to the save_file callback in the bacula-
>> fd's backup procedure to utilize the gnu's diff and patches and to
>> send those over the line to the bacula-sd. Of course a corresponding
>> implementation in the storage device will also be required.
>>
>> Comments anyone ?
>
>
>> Have you considered rsyncing such files to local HDD then backing up?
>
> I did.
> But then why use bacula at all if I could just rsync everything ?
I have dropped the Bacula developers mailing list from this reply.
I assume your original reasons for selecting Bacula remain. They are
still valid.
You still have the Catalog, your retention, schedule, pools, jobs,
etc. They will work.
--
Dan Langille
http://langille.org/
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