Hi, On Sun, 19 Jul 2009, Bruno Friedmann wrote:
> Most of the data are compressible ( exchange server storage, and Navision > Database ) at a 75% rate with gzip2 > we have 78% with gzip6 but it double easyly the time need to obtain it. So > sometime it doesn't help to try to do big compression. > > Is it more clear ? Sorry, yeah I was thinking about it after and realised that I was thinking of the wrong definition of compression ratio (ie it's how much it reduced /by/ not /to/ so 78% is better than 72%). My mistake. > > Another useful feature might be a wildcard "excludefromcompression" > > directive so you could say: > > This might avoid wasting time trying to compress the unccompressible while > > gaining the compression ratio on those files which gain from it? > > Wouah, that would be nice, is this already working with recent bacula version > ? Not that I've heard of. I was just thinking out loud. > > On the other hand, perhaps it would complicate the job or the volume layout > > too much to mix compressed with uncompressed data? > > Raah your last comment tend to me to believe, bacula should be capable of > excluding from compression. > If it's not already asked, could you put a request for enhancement be sure I > will vote to it. I can. I wonder is there someone on this list who could advise us if this is practical though? Gavin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge This is your chance to win up to $100,000 in prizes! For a limited time, vendors submitting new applications to BlackBerry App World(TM) will have the opportunity to enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge. See full prize details at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/Challenge _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
