On 11/04/13 05:44, Christian Manal wrote:
>> 1. How long does the backup?
> 
> The last full run took 1 day 1 hour 33 mins 25 secs, incrementals and
> differentials take around 4 to 6 hours.
> 
> 
>> 2. Do you use compression?
> 
> Yes, but not Bacula's. The backups go to a ZFS pool and LTO tapes, which
> do their own compression.
> 
> 
>> 3. Do you use incremental backups?
> 
> Yes, as well as differentials. My cycle is monthly, with a full run on
> the first weekend of each month, differentials on the remaining weekends
> and incrementals on all other days.


I am doing the same with about a 1TB-1.2TB backup set on my home
network.  The only time I have a problem is when there's a tape error.
I could probably eliminate those by replacing all of my older tapes.


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