> On 20 Oct 2016, at 19:41, Steven Stallion <sstall...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 1:15 PM, <cigar562hfsp952f...@icebubble.org> wrote:
>> Steven Stallion <sstall...@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> Sizing venti is also simple.
>>
>> I disagree with this. The best way to configure venti depends largely
>> on how you plan to use it. I have multiple venti servers configured for
>> different uses. For example, I keep my DVD images on a different venti
>> server than I do for smaller, more frequently-used files such as mail.
>
> see venti(8); there's plenty of advice on configuring your store with
> rough estimations for an initial conf file. Once you decide your
> geometry, it's trivial to extend the number of arenas in the store,
> just remember to reindex.
>
>> I don't know that to be true. If the source and destination volumes are
>> the same size, yes, it's easy to just dd the arenas. But if you're
>> relocating to a smaller/larger partition, what would be an easy way to
>> do that?
>
> see venti-backup(8).
