Hello again. Now I actually had to wonder: Is there no way to have bacula do both labeling AND switching Volumes automatically? Or do I just misunderstand?
Regards, Florian S. Am 11.09.2014 um 09:33 schrieb Roberts, Ben: > Hi Florian, > > >> Is using one Device Resource in the Storage daemon enough or is > there any > >> use for an autochanger in this case? > > We do the same thing as this and have a single device resource with no > > autochanger. > > Both options have their merits and drawbacks, so you should assess > which would be more appropriate for the workload you want to use. > > Using an autochanger means: > - you have have multiple storage devices, and therefore run multiple > jobs concurrently using different volumes (either in the same, or in > different pools) > - you can start using new pools in future without having to create new > storage devices or restart the SD > - you need to pre-create and pre-label your storage volumes (I would > advocate using the scratch pool, and letting Bacula move volumes > around as needed) > - if you have at least 2 storage devices, you can reserve one and > always be able to run a restore job at any time, regardless of whether > backups are in progress > > Using a single storage device: > - you can only ever read/write to a single volume at a time > - you will have to add a new storage device and restart the SD if you > ever want to add a new pool (which can be tricky to find a time if > your schedule gets pretty full) > - you don't need to pre-create/pre-label volumes and Bacula can do it > on demand > - you will need to set Max Pool Volumes or similar to prevent Bacula > from completely filling the disk > - you might have to interrupt running jobs if you're called upon to do > an emergency restore > > Hope this helps. > > Regards, > Ben Roberts ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Want excitement? Manually upgrade your production database. When you want reliability, choose Perforce Perforce version control. Predictably reliable. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157508191&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users