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[Bacula-users] Slow backup, how to optimize ?

2013-10-07 11:12:46
Subject: [Bacula-users] Slow backup, how to optimize ?
From: bdelagree <bacula-forum AT backupcentral DOT com>
To: bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2013 08:08:44 -0700
> I do not follow this thread from the beginning, so I could be wrong about 
> some tips. 

> You have a 11M files in single backup job. If your job name is not misleading 
> all your files are located on NFS share. Right? 
> If yes, this is your main bottleneck. NFS is not the best protocol for this 
> job. If your NFS is a some kind of NAS array then you can speed up your 
> backup with NDMP. 

Hi, i don't use NFS share, i put bacula client on this server, I'll look at how 
to implement NDMP

> Next, you should implement Bacula VirtualFull backup, which avoid any next 
> Full backup on the client. After that all your jobs will be all Incremental > 
> and your problem with full will gone. 

I do not know VirtualFull backup, I will document about this

> Data spool is required for tape drive only. You need to manually tune the 
> best job spool size for best performance. From my experience on one of my 
> systems I have 8GB/Job which is better then 32GB/Job spool which was before. 
> The most important, your job spool size can be 8GB too, because you limit 
> overall spool size to 24GB. It will work.

I'll try it, I can do the test quickly
I'll let you know

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