Hi!

I have the same problem with large amount of files on one filesystem ( Maildir 
).
Now i have 2 concurrent jobs running and the time for the backups need half the 
time.
I havent tested 4 concurrent jobs jet .. :-)


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> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Boris Kunstleben onOffice Software GmbH
> [mailto:b.kunstleben AT onoffice DOT de]
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 27. November 2008 15:42
> An: bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
> Betreff: Re: [Bacula-users] Large maildir backup
> 
> Hi Alan,
> 
> i did that already (expect the superblocks). I think it the ext3 itself
> in combination with the Virtual machines.
> 
> THX so far
> Boris Kunstleben
> 
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> ----- Ursprüngliche Nachricht -----
> Von: Alan Brown <ajb2 AT mssl.ucl.ac DOT uk>
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 27. November 2008 15:28:49
> An: Boris Kunstleben onOffice Software GmbH <b.kunstleben AT onoffice DOT de>
> Cc: <bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
> Betreff: Re: [Bacula-users] Large maildir backup
> 
> On Thu, 27 Nov 2008, Boris Kunstleben onOffice Software GmbH wrote:
> 
> > any idea if there is a better filesystem, im using ext3 on the
> clients
> > and xfs on the director
> 
> I believe XFS copes fine with overstuffed directories.
> 
> Ext3 will perform a lot better if you use tune2fs and enable the
> following
> features:
> 
>          dir_index
>           Use  hashed  b-trees  to  speed  up lookups in large
>           directories.
> 
>          filetype
>           Store file type information in directory entries.
> 
>          sparse_super
>           Limit the number of backup superblocks to save space
>           on large filesystems.
> 
> 
> man tune2fs - note that you MUST run e2fsck before remounting the
> filesystems.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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