On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 01:24:35PM -0500, Steve Polyack wrote: > On 01/28/10 13:07, Uwe Schuerkamp wrote: > >Hi folks, > > > >I'm running bacula 2.2.8 compiled from source on Ubuntu lts 8.04. I > >was wondering wether it's possible to enable software compresson for > >incrementals only as our full backups go to an lto3 tape (hw > >compression), while the incs end up on local disk, using the > >"incremental=..." syntax in the schedule definition. > > > >All the best& thanks in advance for any thoughts, > > > >Uwe > > > > > If you upgrade to the newest release (5.0.0), you can make use of a > feature I added: AllowCompression = yes|no. It will allow you to > disable compression for any job which runs against your LTO3 tape > device. More info is available here: > http://www.bacula.org/5.0.x-manuals/en/main/main/New_Features_in_5_0_0.html#SECTION00340000000000000000 > > I also have patches for this against the 3.0.2 version, but I doubt that > they would apply cleanly to Bacula 2.2.8. > > Steve
Hello Steve, thanks for your suggestion, sadly right now upgrading to 5.x is out of the question as we'd like to watch things settle with the brand-new release for a while. All the best, Uwe -- uwe.schuerk...@nionex.net fon: [+49] 5242.91 - 4740, fax:-69 72 Hauptsitz: Avenwedder Str. 55, D-33311 Gütersloh, Germany Registergericht Gütersloh HRB 4196, Geschäftsführer: H. Gosewehr, D. Suda NIONEX ist ein Unternehmen der DirectGroup Germany www.directgroupgermany.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
