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Re: [Bacula-users] Planning a Copy job for my home network. Hive ponderings?

2015-11-07 13:27:13
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Planning a Copy job for my home network. Hive ponderings?
From: Jari Fredriksson <jarif AT iki DOT fi>
To: <bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 2015 20:25:49 +0200
On 7.11.2015 20:02, Jari Fredriksson wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I have a home LAN backup system, running on Bacula since the very
> beginning of Bacula.
>
> I have never used Migration/Copy or Archive type jobs, but now 
> planning
> to go that route.
>
> My backup machines is an old Pentium 4 powered HP Compaq with 3 GB 
> RAM
> and 2 x 800 GB Sata disks in RAID 1 setup. That can currently support
> only 1 Full and then diffs and incrementals for a month. I would like 
> to
> keep older data also, as there has been occasions when some system 
> dies
> and I have not had time to replace it in a month, so there has been 
> NO a
> single backup to restore from!
>
> Currently using CentOS 6 in it, and Bacula 5.2.13. Planning on using
> Copy jobs, so that the Copy Pool will reside in a second machine, a
> Raspberry Pi 2 with an 4 TB USB disk.
>
> Some ponderings.
>
> 1) Why not a Copy, but rather Migrate? Would there be any advantages 
> in
> that, if the saved disk space is not one?
> 2) Would it be better to use a separate Storage daemon on the Raspi,
> instead of just a nfs share? Advantages for the alternatives? It 
> appears
> that the bacula-fd version on Raspian is 5.2.6.
>
> That for starters. Any opinions and suggestions on the matter?

This seems to be a JFK, as Brendan Martin just asked similar question. 
It became clear that 5.2 does not support multiple Storages on a Copy 
job...

-- 
jarif.bit

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