Thank you very much 🌹🌹 في الأربعاء، ١١ ديسمبر ٢٠٢٤ ٨:٣٢ ص Marcin Haba <ganius...@gmail.com> كتب:
> On Tue, 10 Dec 2024 at 19:06, wastn jak <wastn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > Hi wastn, > > > I am planning to implement Bacula in the production environment of our > data center and have a few questions regarding the setup: > > OK, great. > > > 1. Which is better for Bacula Debian or Ubuntu (desktop version)? > > In my opinion both Debian and Ubuntu are very good, but it is a matter > of preference. For Ubuntu, if you are not going to use this system as > a desktop station, then better can be the Ubuntu server version. This > way you can avoid having installed the desktop environment (and apps) > by default. > > > 2. How much disk space is required for the system installation? Would > 100 GB suffice, or should it be larger? > > For Bacula it is about a few megabytes. It is definitely advantage of > Bacula that the components are lightweight and installation does not > take hundreds of megabytes like in some other backup solutions. The > other story is a space for data that Bacula SD will save on file > volumes. Here, the answer on this question you know the best how much > data you plan to back up, how often with what retention...etc. > > > 3. What is the recommended amount of RAM? Is 8 GB sufficient, or should > it be higher? > > I will not provide you exact numbers but for memory, generally Bacula > does not need too much. It also depends how you will use Bacula. For > example with the Job accurate mode the memory usage on FD will be > greater than without it but still the numbers are not high. > > > 4. How many CPU cores are recommended? Is 8 cores sufficient, or should > I go for more? > > It also depends how you will use Bacula. Some operations need more CPU > resources like encryption, software compression on FD or building the > Bvfs cache for restore on the Director and Catalog side. > > > 5. For storage, should we use our existing QNAP storage for Bacula > backups, or would it be better to allocate additional hard disks (e.g., > 40TB) to the Bacula VM? Additionally, what file system formats are > recommended for these disks (e.g., ext4, btrfs, or another) to avoid data > loss in the event of a power outage? > > > > > > 6. How should I configure these storage devices in Bacularis? > > In Bacularis the storage devices you can configure in the storage > wizards. On the 'Storage' page Bacularis provides three types of > wizards that enable to create both single devices and autochangers as > well: > > - for file storage > - for tape storage > - for cloud storage > > The wizard buttons you can find at the top of the 'Storage' page. All > the wizard actions can be done on the interface separately as well in > particular Bacula SD and Director configuration resources if you > prefer this way. > > > Thank you in advance for your guidance. > > Good luck! > > Best regards, > Marcin Haba (gani) >
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