On Thursday 20 July 2006 09:14, Gabriele Bulfon wrote: > Thanx for the pointer. > Anyway, even in the case it was because of this, how can be the backup data > MUCH more than the total physical disk data?! The total partitions data is > 60Gb. > Now, because it's growing everyday, the total amount of backup data is at > 300Gb!
Large and growing backup data is a typical symptom of users who backup to disk and forget to exclude their disk Volumes. However, even in such a case, it would be difficult to exceed all partitions. In that case, you are probably backing up a sparse file without the sparse option. > Just a note: I have found 5 directories inside one lost+found (that > is not backed up). Maybe I have some strange happenings on the disk? > Gabriele Bulfon - Sonicle S.r.l. > Tel +39 028246016 Int. 30 - Fax +39 028243880 > Via Felice Cavallotti 16 - 20089, Rozzano - Milano - ITALY > http://www.sonicle.com > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >------- Da: Bill Moran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > A: Gabriele Bulfon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Data: 19 luglio 2006 21.04.07 CEST > Oggetto: Re: [Bacula-users] Impossible Huge Backup > > In response to Gabriele Bulfon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > mmmm....sorry but....what do you mean with "sparse files"? > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparse_file > -- > Bill Moran > Collaborative Fusion Inc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
