Sebastian, Excellent question. Yes, I think I'd like to have a single job per volume. I forgot about MaximumVolumeJobs, that's likely what I want.
On Sunday, December 15, 2024 at 11:39:31 PM UTC-6 Sebastian Sura wrote: > Hi Jon > > what are you trying to achieve ? If you want to have one job per volume, > then you should look into the option "MaximumVolumeJobs" (Dir->Pool). > See here: > https://docs.bareos.org/Configuration/Director.html#config-Dir_Pool_MaximumVolumeJobs > > Kind Regards > Sebastian Sura > Am 13.12.24 um 15:30 schrieb Jon Schewe: > > Wouldn't setting "Volume Use Duration" to 1 minute ensure that the volumes > stop unbounded appending? > > On Thursday, December 12, 2024 at 9:07:23 PM UTC-6 Brock Palen wrote: > >> I find it to be manageability. >> The on disk volumes sitll act like tape, so while things prune, they are >> effectively append only immutable. So you can only recycle them once >> everything on the volume ages out. >> >> Setting size much like setting max age etc, is a way of capping unbouned >> appending and never recovering space. >> >> I guess you could run into maximum filesize but I have really ran into >> that on enterprise NAS like Isilon having 8TB max file size. Most >> filesystems you would use on a direct attached system have no effective >> limit. >> >> >> Brock Palen >> [email protected] >> www.mlds-networks.com >> Websites, Linux, Hosting, Joomla, Consulting >> >> >> >> > On Dec 12, 2024, at 2:27 PM, Jon Schewe <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> > When using file based backups what are the reasons for setting "Maximum >> Volume Bytes"? >> > If the filesystem supports files larger than any single backup would it >> make sense to leave this unset and to set "Volume Use Duration" to >> something really small and then each volume has a single job in it? >> > >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "bareos-users" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> an email to [email protected]. >> > To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bareos-users/46bdcbc8-d1d4-4615-8a4f-107cdcbc3659n%40googlegroups.com. >> >> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "bareos-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bareos-users/ad1c50a6-c64b-4ff9-8e05-ea863b85543cn%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bareos-users/ad1c50a6-c64b-4ff9-8e05-ea863b85543cn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > Sebastian Sura [email protected] > Bareos GmbH & Co. KG Phone: +49 221 630693-0 > https://www.bareos.com > Sitz der Gesellschaft: Köln | Amtsgericht Köln: HRA 29646 > Komplementär: Bareos Verwaltungs-GmbH > Geschäftsführer: Stephan Dühr, Jörg Steffens, Philipp Storz > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "bareos-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bareos-users/854beb93-07a7-4897-9a77-c8a25368e928n%40googlegroups.com.
