Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] preparing backups ahead of time

2009-04-12 11:07:32
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] preparing backups ahead of time
From: Andreas Schuldei <schuldei+bacula-users AT spotify DOT com>
To: Dan Langille <dan AT langille DOT org>
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 17:03:53 +0200
On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 2:29 AM, Dan Langille <dan AT langille DOT org> wrote:
> Andreas Schuldei wrote:
>> On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 11:48 PM, John Drescher <drescherjm AT gmail DOT 
>> com> wrote:
>>> I would just enable concurrency. Use a small spool file (less than 10
>>> GB) and let several machines run their backups simultaneously.
>
> It is easier to follow the conversation if you reply inline.

yes, sorry, gmail does not make it easy for people. my normal mua does.

>> that is a solution for now since we backup to disk. i did read
>> http://www.bacula.org/en/rel-manual/Basic_Volume_Management.html and
>> understood nothing, though. the text is not very well written.
>
> We are always looking for people to submit improvements.

is there a clearer description somewhere?

> I'm also thinking: you could backup to local disk with high concurrency,
> then migrate/copy the job to tape later.  For this, Bacula 3.x would be
> better I think.

that sounds very good. where do i find info on how to do that?

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