---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: John Drescher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 11:04 PM Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Who talks to whom in bacula? To: Kevin Keane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 10:34 PM, Kevin Keane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would like to understand the way data flows in Bacula a bit better. > Does the user data that is being backed up flow straight from the SD to > the FD? Or does the SD send the data to the director, and the director > then sends the data on to the FD? > > The reason I'm asking is that I would like to set up bacula to back up > data locally on another site. Basically, I would like the director to be > on a computer in, say, San Diego, and both the SD and FD would be on the > same local network in, say, Los Angeles. The same director should also > be able to control a similar SD/FD combination in Miami, New York and > Seattle. > > Obviously, that's not practical if all data has to flow over the > Internet and through the director, but if the director only exchanges > control information with SD and FD, it might be very practical. Thus my > question. > This is in the manual. During a backup FD initiates a connection to the SD. http://bacula.org/en/rel-manual/What_is_Bacula.html#SECTION00420000000000000000 John -- John M. Drescher ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
