Jake Wilson wrote at about 18:30:27 -0600 on Monday, April 4, 2011: > Really? You can't specify where archives are stored? What if your drive > isn't big enough to handle all the server backups you need to do? This > seems like a gigantic limitation unless I'm missing something... > > I read about how BackupPC is an enterprise-ready backup solution but I > seriously don't see how that's possible if you can't even tell it where to > backup a pool...
BackupPC's claim to fame is its ability to de-duplicate repeated files by hard-linking to a common pool. Since hard links can only occur on a single file system, backups are limited to a single file system. It's not that big a limitation if you use a modern filesystem (with exabyte or more size potentials) plus/minus LVM to allow the filesystem to extend across multiple physical disks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Xperia(TM) PLAY It's a major breakthrough. An authentic gaming smartphone on the nation's most reliable network. And it wants your games. http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-sfdev _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
