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Re: [Bacula-users] Automatically create volume and continue writing to it

2013-06-04 21:49:34
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Automatically create volume and continue writing to it
From: "Michael D. Wood" <mike AT itsecuritypros DOT org>
To: <bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2013 21:45:44 -0400
On 06/04/2013 12:28 PM, John Drescher wrote:
>> It's trivial, as long as there are open slots in the pool.  You 
>> don't
>> need to use the vchanger.  Just define an autolabelling format and 
>> turn
>> it loose.  But why on earth would you split your volumes into 5GB
>> chunks?  That's just a little too big to fit onto a DVD, and
>> impractically small for any other purpose.
>
> I do that for the home backups. I have a 2 externals with pools of 50
> volumes each as a vchanger magazine. It does not really hurt to have
> such small volumes in this case.
>
> John
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It's literally only writing about 3-4GB's of data on a full backup and 
anywhere from 100-400MB's on an incremental.  So, it's a small backup 
and it's just for home use.  Mostly backing up config files and emails 
in case something happens.

Thanks!

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