Please do not take this as negative feedback. Do not be discouraged. It is mean
to help improve the post.
> On Jun 1, 2017, at 7:50 AM, Heitor Faria <hei...@bacula.com.br> wrote:
>
> Hello, Bacula Users,
>
> FYI and feedback:
> http://bacula.us/block-level-deduplication-with-aligned-volumes-tutorial-bacula-7-9-9-0-and-above/
>
> <http://bacula.us/block-level-deduplication-with-aligned-volumes-tutorial-bacula-7-9-9-0-and-above/>
> Hello, Dan,
>
> Thanks for the feedback.
> Most of the post seems to deal with ddumbfs. Why not leave that out entirely?
> Just to confirm, you are aware that default Bacula Volumes are basically not
> deduplicable, right?
Yes. I am. I suggest mentioning that at the start of the post. Something like:
Bacula take take advantage of filesystem deduplication with a specially
configured Device.
Putting the prerequisites at the top of the post helps readers understand
whether or not this article is for them.
> The main point is the new Aligned volumes feature.
Agreed. The post needs to concentrate on that feature, not ddumbfs. At
present, it makes me think the title should be:
Using ddumbfs for Block-level Deduplication with Aligned Volumes
> Ddumbfs FS was the one I had time to test for this laboratory. But of course,
> there are other options. I will try to do the same with ZFS.
I understand.
> If we are not using ddumbfs, it sounds like the only requirements are:
Sorry, I did not complete that sentence. I should have deleted it.
>
> Perhaps a ZFS-only post is worthwhile?
> Sure.
> If I use ZFS, what filesystem attributes are required?
> Hopefully we are going to find out. =)
--
Dan Langille - BSDCan / PGCon
d...@langille.org
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