Hi,

27.11.2008 17:10, Tobias Bartel wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> i am tasked to set up daily full backups of our entire fax communication
> and they are all stored in one single director ;). There are about
> 800.000 files in that directory what makes accessing that directory
> extremely slow. The target device is a LTO3 tape drive with an 8 slots
> changer.
> 
> With my current configuration Bacula needs ~48h to make a complete
> backup which kinda conflicts with the requirement of doing dailys.
> 
> Does anybody have any suggestions on how i could speed things up? 

A more or less identical question is discussed in the thread "Large 
maildir backup" right now.

Without further details: Database tuning and using a file system 
better handling many files in a directory are the ideas right now.

Regarding file systems, xfs works here quite well and is said to be 
suitable for large directories.

Arno

> THX in advance - Tobi
> 
> 
> PS: I already talked to my boss and our developers and they will change
> the system so the faxes get stored in subdirectories. But changing that
> doesn't have a very high priority and got scheduled for next summer.

Then tell them that daily full backups of the fax system can be 
scheduled for next autumn ;-)

Arno

-- 
Arno Lehmann
IT-Service Lehmann
Sandstr. 6, 49080 Osnabrück
www.its-lehmann.de

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