On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 9:00 AM, Jean Spirat <jean.spi...@squirk.org> wrote: > >> Excuse my "off topic"-ness, but with that many small files I kind of expect a >> filesystem to reach certain limits. Why is that webapp written to use many >> little files? Why not with a database where all that stuff is in blobs? >> That whould be easier to maintain and easier to back up. >> >> Have fun, >> > > fortunately it is not in my power to discuss choice of the developper my > only job is to try to figure a way to make backup of the thing work :) > > i am sure most know the pain, i allready strive to exclude caching > directory because devs seems to invent new way to name them every two > days (temp temporary temporaire <enter your custom name> cache mycache > appli-cache img-cache variation with plurals...). > > > the backuppc server has 16Gb of ram so on the server side it should be > okay memory wise. on my monitoring i never go under 5gb free (but i only > have the data every 5 minutes). >
Aside from excluding unneeded parts, one other approach that can sometimes help is to split the target into separate runs for different subdirectories. To do that, you can make different 'host' entries, then use the ClientNameAlias setting to point them back to the same real target. If the files in question are split into some reasonable upper-level subdirectories, you may be able to get sets that complete in a reasonable amount of time. -- Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Windows Azure Live! Tuesday, Dec 13, 2011 Microsoft is holding a special Learn Windows Azure training event for developers. It will provide a great way to learn Windows Azure and what it provides. You can attend the event by watching it streamed LIVE online. Learn more at http://p.sf.net/sfu/ms-windowsazure _______________________________________________ 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/