Hi, 10.01.2008 16:55, Ralf Gross wrote: > Hi, > > up to now I made only tape based backups. Now I wanted to use disk > volumes for incremental and differential backups, because of the very > small deltas, but still tapes for the full backups. > > The compression option is part of the FileSet and can not be changed > based on the storage type. For tape volumes I don't want an additional > software compression. For disk volumes it would make sense to use it. > Using different fileset for a jobs breaks the inc/diff/full cycle. > > How complex would it be to implement a flag in the sd resource which > enabled/disables compression? Or an additional override feature for > compression in the schedule resource? > > I didn't find anything related on the project page. Would it make > sense to implement this as an project or is it possible that this will > eventually be realized without an extra project?
Alternatively, you could set up a compressed file system or block device. I never tried that, but there seem to be a few options - under linux, cloop would be one, compFUSEd another one. Hope this helps, Arno > Ralf > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It's the best place to buy or sell services for > just about anything Open Source. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel > -- Arno Lehmann IT-Service Lehmann www.its-lehmann.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ Bacula-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel
