On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 05:56, Peter Padberg wrote:
> > > > Is there a way to speed up restoring?
> > > Have no one suggestions? :(
> >
> > The BackupPC_Nightly processes clean up no-longer needed pooled files.
> > Unless you are tight on disk space it wouldn't hurt too much to
> > stop the backuppc service and restart it to kill them if you are
> > in a real hurry to do something else. The next night's run should
> > catch up unless you do this too often. The real fix is to get a
> > faster disk or switch to a filesystem that is faster at creating
> > and removing drives. Or perhaps you can tune the timing so the
> > backups start and finish earlier if you normally do these restores
> > starting at some particular time in the morning. There are also
> > some setting regarding the BackupPC_Nightly runs regarding how
> > many processes to use and how much of the pool to check each run.
> > You might shorten the time it needs by tuning those.
> Hi,
> yes I know that all.
>
> But the problem is, when a customer lost data, I need the backup fast
> and I have no time to wait "some" hours.
As I said above, you don't have to wait.
> And I think Backuppc must be able to restore faster.
> Why I shell login via ssh and kill such processes?
> There is a webtool for Backup, this software must only work.
The web interface does not do everything you can
do through the command line.
> Backup software must be easy.
Or the operator must learn the more complicated way...
> => When I need restore, it must restore immediately and I cannot wait
> some hours.
>
> Backuppc have all datas for this restore, it only must unpack and
> restore.
> I think it is not so much big thing. ;)
> Not more, not less.
For some reasonable amount of data you can just select what
you want an download a tar/zip file through your browser.
This will happen in real time instead of being scheduled.
Or, if you have set up appropriate logins an permissions,
the person who wants it can do that from the machine where
he wants it.
> I think it was great, if development make something that unpacking and
> restore goes faster.
There are settings that may reduce the time used by the
nightly run.
See the options for $Conf{MaxBackupPCNightlyJobs}
and
$Conf{BackupPCNightlyPeriod}.
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