Hello,

Le Thursday 29 January 2009 14:59:38 Alex F, vous avez écrit :
> Item 1: Implementation of running Job speed limit.
> Origin: Alex F, alexxzell at yahoo dot com
> Date: 29 January 2009
>
> What: I noticed the need for an integrated bandwidth limiter for running
> jobs. It would be very useful just to specify another field in
> bacula-dir.conf, like speed = how much speed you wish for that specific job
> to run at
>
> Why: Because of a couple of reasons.
>     First, it's very hard to implement a traffic shaping utility

This is already done by the OS (linux and freebsd) with a bit of 
configuration, it's also possible to use a port forwarder to do the job.

I don't think that it's a good idea to put this feature in bacula, you have so 
many options in this area....

Bye

>     and also 
> make it reliable. Second, it is very uncomfortable to have to implement
> these apps to, let's say 50 clients (including desktops, servers). This
> would also be unreliable because you have to make sure that the apps are
> properly working when needed; users could also disable them (accidentally
> or not). It would be very useful to provide Bacula this ability. All
> information would be centralized, you would not have to go to 50 different
> clients in 10 different locations for configuration; eliminating 3rd party
> additions help in establishing efficiency. Would also avoid bandwidth
> congestion, especially where there is little available.
>
> Notes:    Bacula developers have proven through this product that they have
> made an outstanding job building an extremely reliable software. I think
> this "upgrade" would make Bacula even better.



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