On Wed, 2 Aug 2006, Kern Sibbald wrote: >> Do you know wether the clone method would run the same backup twice, >> doubling both network and server load, or would the copy be cloned >> locally on the backup server? > > It runs two separate jobs, so the backups will be done at the same time each > transmitting its data to the appropriate SD and will resulting backed up data > be essentially the same but not bit for bit identical.
IE: double the network load. In order to achieve bit-identical backups, one would need to snapshot the filesystem before starting the backups and release the snapshot afterwards (Assuming LVM or other snapshot-capable setup) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
