Re: [Bacula-users] Suggestion about saving space on tapes

2005-07-21 Thread John Stoffel
This issue has already been discussed, I just wanted to point out an assumption I don't agree with. Marcel> In principle it is unnecessary to store the same content twice Marcel> on the same volume. I assume that, during restore, a volume Marcel> can either be read completely or completely gets l

Re: [Bacula-users] Suggestion about saving space on tapes

2005-07-20 Thread Dan Langille
On 20 Jul 2005 at 14:44, Joshua Kugler wrote: > On Wednesday 20 July 2005 13:51, Marcel Gsteiger wrote: > > What do you think about this? > > I think you didn't read the archives. :) This idea has been discussed, but > it > would take a lot of planning, and probably some structural changes. I

Re: [Bacula-users] Suggestion about saving space on tapes

2005-07-20 Thread Joshua Kugler
On Wednesday 20 July 2005 13:51, Marcel Gsteiger wrote: > What do you think about this? I think you didn't read the archives. :) This idea has been discussed, but it would take a lot of planning, and probably some structural changes. It's an idea that may be implemented some day, but as of rig

[Bacula-users] Suggestion about saving space on tapes

2005-07-20 Thread Marcel Gsteiger
Hi all, I am currently backing up several similar systems onto one volume, as probably most people do. To save time and space, I have the following suggestion: In principle it is unnecessary to store the same content twice on the same volume. I assume that, during restore, a volume can either b