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Re: [Bacula-users] LZO compression on Windows Client

2017-02-19 03:54:34
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] LZO compression on Windows Client
From: Kern Sibbald <kern AT sibbald DOT com>
To: compdoc <compdoc AT hotrodpc DOT com>, bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2017 09:53:25 +0100
On 02/18/2017 09:01 PM, compdoc wrote:
> On 02/17/2017 10:18 AM, Norbert Gomes wrote:
>
>> I read that LZO would be faster, but when I enable it (compression="LZO"
>> in the FileSet Include Options), no compression is applied
> I use LZO to backup my jpeg images, that are stored on SSDs. I used to
> use gzip2 for speed, and in the hopes it wouldn't damage the images as
> much as higher levels of compression might.
>
> Now, I hope LZO doesnt damage them, and I consider restoring them from
> backup is not ideal, but better than not having them.

All types and levels of compression in Bacula decompress to *exactly* 
the same bytes.  There is no loss.

As you mention when going from certain files such as .wav to .mp3 they 
lose a certain amount of information.  It all depends on the compression 
technique used.


Regards,
Kern

>
> Would it be better to create a job that uses no compression for .jpg files?
>
>
> Currently:
>
> FileSet {
>       Enable VSS = yes
>       Include {
>       Options {
>       ...
>          }
>       Options {
>       compression = LZO
>       signature = SHA1
>       }
>       File = "C:/"
>       File = "D:/"
>       File = "F:/"
>       }
> }
>
>
>   From the logs:
>
>     Backup Level:           Differential, since=2017-02-13 12:45:02
>     Client:                 "" 7.4.4 (28Sep16) Microsoft Professional
> (build 9200), 64-bit,Cross-compile,Win64
>     Priority:               10
>     FD Files Written:       132
>     SD Files Written:       132
>     FD Bytes Written:       17,883,070 (17.88 MB)
>     SD Bytes Written:       17,902,783 (17.90 MB)
>     Rate:                   95.1 KB/s
>     Software Compression:   65.9% 2.9:1
>     Snapshot/VSS:           yes
>     Encryption:             no
>     Accurate:               no
>
>
>
>
>
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