On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 03:18:46PM -0500, Timothy J Massey wrote: > Robin Lee Powell <rlpow...@digitalkingdom.org> wrote on 11/25/2010 > 01:12:50 PM: > > > The problem is that calling "BackupPC_serverMesg > > BackupPC_nightly run" when the regular nightlies are already > > running, or calling it twice in quick succession, doesn't result > > in the scheduler restarting the nightlies run from scratch > > (GOOD) or queuing up a second nightlies run when the first > > finishes (not great, but OK), it results in the scheduler eating > > its own face (BAD). > > Given your use case (free up space immediately), your "GOOD" and > "not great" options are effectively identical. The extant nightly > will be some random amount through its process when you submit the > second nightly. It will then free up the space for the remaining > amount of the pool. Once it finishes and starts a new nightly, > the new nightly will start at the beginning of the pool and make > its way through it, freeing up the part that the existing one > missed.
But it will take a lot longer. > The only part of the process that is wasted when you run the > nightly twice is the part where the second nightly job covers the > part of the pool that was already processed by the first one after > you submitted the second nightly job. Restarting the nightly job > from scratch will not change the amount of time that it takes to > free up your disk space--not one instant. It will, however, cause > the nightly job to process some of your pool twice, *after* the > disk space is freed up. Yeah, and the hosts can barely keep up with the backups required of them as it is; I need that time. But I understand your point, and had missed it before; thanks. -Robin -- http://singinst.org/ : Our last, best hope for a fantastic future. Lojban (http://www.lojban.org/): The language in which "this parrot is dead" is "ti poi spitaki cu morsi", but "this sentence is false" is "na nei". My personal page: http://www.digitalkingdom.org/rlp/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Increase Visibility of Your 3D Game App & Earn a Chance To Win $500! Tap into the largest installed PC base & get more eyes on your game by optimizing for Intel(R) Graphics Technology. Get started today with the Intel(R) Software Partner Program. Five $500 cash prizes are up for grabs. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intelisp-dev2dev _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
