"Khaled Hussain" writes: > 1. What is meant by pool exactly? Is this referring to all previous backups? > Is this reffering to files that are common between computers?
A single copy of every file is stored in the pool, whether or not it appears multiple times among the backups. > 2. I have seen on the list archives some emails about link errors and it > seems that .../log/LOG shows lots of link errors. I have confirmed that my > cpool and host dirs are on two different file systems, well cpool is on '/' > (/dev/hda2) and the host dirs are on a software raid setup (so /dev/md0). It > seems that since BackupPC was setup on our systems some 2/3 years ago, we > were getting these link errors but all machines were being backed up fine. > So, my question is or questions are: What are the implications of having the > link errors? You must have the host and cpool directories on the same file system. The result is that a lot of space will be wasted since the backups cannot be hardlinked to the pool. The backups should still be fine, since the original files should be preserved if the links fail. > Am I duplicating identical data and using up unnecessary disk space? Yes. > What is the purpose of cpool? It's a pool of compressed files. Only one of pool and cpool will be used. Craig ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=103432&bid=230486&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
