I see. Thanks for the explanation anyway :) I suppose you're right about the tape catching up to the file unless the minimum spool file size was at least the size of one tape, but if you have that much space why not back up to disk anyway, right? hehehe
Thanks, Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Kern Sibbald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, 23 June, 2005 09:56 > To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Cc: Chris Lee; 'Jesus Salvo Jr.' > Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Spooling again while de-spooling to tape > > On Thursday 23 June 2005 16:32, Chris Lee wrote: > > I'm interested in this also. Perhaps a Minimum Spool Size > directive so > > that the spool reaches a critical size to avoid shoe > shining tapes, and > > once that size is reached the storage daemon starts > de-spooling from the > > beginning of the spool file to the tape while still writing > data from the > > file daemon to the end of the spool file. Is this possible with the > > current code? > > No. > > > If not, can I request it for a future feature? :) > > No it is too difficult to avoid an overrun for very little > gain IMO. The tape > will catch up *very* fast to the file writing then > shoe-shining at the end of > the file waiting for the FD to deliver more data. If you > don't believe me, > please implement it. It would be a lot of code for little if > any gain. I > would hate to see you waste your time ... > > > > Thanks, > > Chris > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > > > Of Jesus Salvo Jr. > > > Sent: Thursday, 23 June, 2005 04:05 > > > To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > Subject: [Bacula-users] Spooling again while de-spooling to tape > > > > > > > > > I have a value for "Maximum Spool Size" in the Device resource in > > > bacula-sd.conf, which probably explains why bacula only > > > spools again after > > > de-spooling to tape. > > > > > > I was just wondering if there is a feature / combination that > > > will allow > > > bacula to spool again while it is de-spooling the previous > > > spool to tape. > > > > > > That way, the tape is always spinning / being written into. > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux > Migration Strategies > > > from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward > articles, > > > informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to > get up to > > > speed, fast. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Bacula-users mailing list > > > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration > Strategies > > from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, > > informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to > > speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click > > _______________________________________________ > > Bacula-users mailing list > > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > > -- > Best regards, > > Kern > > ("> > /\ > V_V ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
