Federico Alberto Sayd wrote:
> Hello, I'm new to Bacula and this is my first message. I have a question:
> 
> When I backup to disk, what is the recommended maximum volume size? 
> Official doc says that with versions up to and including 1.39.28 the 
> recommended maximun volumen size is 5 GB. I am using Bacula 2.4.4 on 
> Debian Lenny, this info apply for my installation?
> 
> Other non official info provides the next tip 
> (http://www.lucasmanual.com/mywiki/Bacula#VolumeManagement):
> 
> "Limit your volume size to about 10%-15% of the HD capacity. IE, 1TB 
> drive, volume size 100GB. And then set your max volume on the pool to 
> ((HD space/volume space) - 1) so you don't need to worry about a full HD."
> 
> There is an official recommendation about volume size?
> 
> What is your experience on this topic?

I only have experience with tape-volumes, but you should keep in mind,
that you cannot recycle (free space) the volume before the last job
sitting on the volume has expired. That should probably be the argument
for keeping the size "down". What that translates into in your setup is
hard to guess. I suggest you go for something like "one job pr volume".
Then decide what the max file-size should be. If  you largest backup is
20G the 5 GB would be fair.. if you largest is 8TB then..

-- 
Jesper

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