[Bacula-users] Bacula Full/Inc Questions (Noob)

2010-04-19 Thread ikkysleepy
> > Er, eek?!? > > I was mentioning RAID 0 as an absolute last resort > can't-afford-anything-else option. > > You realize that RAID 0 *masively* increases the chance of total loss of > data across the entire array if one drive develops a fault, right? It's > not just "chance_of_disk_failur

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula Full/Inc Questions (Noob)

2010-04-17 Thread mehma sarja
Ikky, Network backup. Mehma === On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 12:32 PM, ikkysleepy wrote: > > > mehma sarja wrote: > > Your experience will vary, I am used to seeing 20 GB/hour with batch > processing and compression turned on. Lots of small files - so heavy > database usage on a store of about 750

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula Full/Inc Questions (Noob)

2010-04-16 Thread Craig Ringer
On 17/04/2010 3:30 AM, ikkysleepy wrote: > > >> If you really, really, really want to keep only one volume, you can find >> out how in the manual. But honestly, you're better off with even a RAID0 >> array (!!) on your backup server if that gives you room for two backup >> sets, rather than just tr

[Bacula-users] Bacula Full/Inc Questions (Noob)

2010-04-16 Thread ikkysleepy
> If you really, really, really want to keep only one volume, you can find > out how in the manual. But honestly, you're better off with even a RAID0 > array (!!) on your backup server if that gives you room for two backup > sets, rather than just trying to have one. Better again, buy two more

[Bacula-users] Bacula Full/Inc Questions (Noob)

2010-04-16 Thread ikkysleepy
mehma sarja wrote: > Your experience will vary, I am used to seeing 20 GB/hour with batch > processing and compression turned on. Lots of small files - so heavy database > usage on a store of about 750 GB. I'd suppose you would see your job done in > 10 hours. > Is this for a network backu

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula Full/Inc Questions (Noob)

2010-04-14 Thread Craig Ringer
On 15/04/2010 7:33 AM, ikkysleepy wrote: > > >> >> >>> 1) When making a Full backup, does this replace the expired backup or will >>> this create a new Volume on the drive? >> >> >> Depends on your pool configuration. In most setups it'll recycle an >> older volume that's outside its retention per

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula Full/Inc Questions (Noob)

2010-04-14 Thread mehma sarja
Your experience will vary, I am used to seeing 20 GB/hour with batch processing and compression turned on. Lots of small files - so heavy database usage on a store of about 750 GB. I'd suppose you would see your job done in 10 hours. On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 4:33 PM, ikkysleepy wrote: > > I want t

[Bacula-users] Bacula Full/Inc Questions (Noob)

2010-04-14 Thread ikkysleepy
> > > > 1) When making a Full backup, does this replace the expired backup or will > > this create a new Volume on the drive? > > > Depends on your pool configuration. In most setups it'll recycle an > older volume that's outside its retention period. See the bacula > documentation. > I

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula Full/Inc Questions (Noob)

2010-04-13 Thread Craig Ringer
On 14/04/10 03:53, ikkysleepy wrote: > > Hi, > > I have two external backup drives that I want to incorporate using Bacula, > but have some questions: > > > 1) When making a Full backup, does this replace the expired backup or will > this create a new Volume on the drive? Depends on your pool co

[Bacula-users] Bacula Full/Inc Questions (Noob)

2010-04-13 Thread ikkysleepy
Hi, I have two external backup drives that I want to incorporate using Bacula, but have some questions: 1) When making a Full backup, does this replace the expired backup or will this create a new Volume on the drive? 2) Can you force the Full backup to expire on a weekend? 3) Will auto-pr