> I'm a long time bacula adherent, and for the first time find myself stumped > with a data storage problem, I hope someone on the list can help. > I'm running a fairly small site, HP 8x1 LTO3 supporting 12 clients for full > disaster recovery. > One of my heaviest use clients just moved to a new network segment, and was > causing huge delays and poor tape performance due to a bad network bottle > neck. > I re-enabled Data and Attribute spooling for all my clients, and the drive > now happily writes out its large chunks and is no longer trying to chew up > tapes. > But the catch, my average volume capacity has gone from ~760G to ~580G .... > Where is the other 25% of my volume ? > I'm recording the same data, on the same tapes, but getting less > compression.
Are you sure there is not a higher percentage of already compressed files in the fileset now than before? Remember that already compressed files do not compress a second time so these will basically be stored 1:1 on your tape drive. John ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What Every C/C++ and Fortran developer Should Know! Read this article and learn how Intel has extended the reach of its next-generation tools to help Windows* and Linux* C/C++ and Fortran developers boost performance applications - including clusters. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
