Allen,
I see your point, finally, that BIGFS_AF will copy files, but BIGFS_GL will
remove them. Clearly, splitting the backup of one filesystem among multiple
proxy nodes via include/exclude statements is futile. There are 4500+
directories under /ip, so virtualmountpoints aren't workable either.
Andy, Skylar, Richard and Roger,
You responses are full of good advice that will take me a few days to absorb
and implement. I am on a different track now than before.
With many thanks and best wishes,
Keith
