Yup, that's exactly what it does here too. I guess one could think of the extra backup usage wear as akin to the order of the starting lineup in a baseball team. The guy batting first will, in the course of a whole season, be at bat a lot more times than the guy last in the order.
Another result is that the last job in a big schedule frequently wants to run in drive 0 but using a tape that's already mounted in a different drive. Fortunately, bacula 5.0.3 seems to be pretty good about unloading the tape and re-loading it (with the timeout settings in place in the sd config) but this is also extra wear and tear and probably has a much worse effect. On 2/2/2011 9:30 AM, Alan Brown wrote: > > Where can I find documentation on how Bacula chooses drives in a changer? > > It appears that right now it's always seeking to find an unoccupied unit > numbering upwards from drive 0 every time, but that means that there is > an uneven spread of wear and tear across the devices. > > Can anyone verify? > > AB > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! > Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! > Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires > February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-devel mailing list > Bacula-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d _______________________________________________ Bacula-devel mailing list Bacula-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel
