>>>>> On Wed, 05 Jul 2006 01:14:48 +0200, Daniel Bloemer said: > > Hi, > > I am a bit confused about the handling of file sizes while using > "Storage Type = File" for the sd. > > The following two options are clear, they limit the size of the volumes, > if they are not limited by the hardware. > > 1. A record in the Storage daemon"s Device resource > "Maximum Volume Size" > > 2. A record in the Director"s Pool resource > "Maximum Volume Bytes" (so much for consistency) > > > Then I found this in the documentation: > > Maximum File Size = size > No more than size bytes will be written into a given logical file on > the volume. Once this size is reached, an end of file mark is written on > the volume and subsequent data are written into the next file. Breaking > long sequences of data blocks with file marks permits quicker > positioning to the start of a given stream of data and can improve > recovery from read errors on the volume. The default is one Gigabyte. > > According to this entry in the documentation I would expect bacula to > split a Volume limited by "Maximum Volume Bytes" in size into physical > files limited by "Maximum File Size" on my harddisc. > While testing the backup-system I changed this parameter without any > visible effect. I have created new volumes after changing the parameter, > to make the change effective. > > Can someone enlighten me about this?
It's a confusion about the word "file" -- the "logical file" mentioned above is a chunk of bytes within the volume. With Bacula's tape volumes, each logical file is represented using what is traditionally called a "file" on the tape. With Bacula's file volumes, a single operating system file is used for the whole volume and its size is limited by "Maximum Volume Bytes/Size". There is only one logical file within the file volume. __Martin Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
