Hi, On 1/8/2007 11:46 AM, Alan Brown wrote: > On Sat, 6 Jan 2007, Arno Lehmann wrote: > > >>In theory, a 600 GB tape with a 200 GB spool file would be filled in >>three chunks. As the sizes never add up that well, and the actual tape >>capacity is never that exact, you will find that it takes three or four >>despooling turns which doesn't sound too bad for me. >> >>In general I'd recommend to make the spool are as big as possible. If >>you can fit your complete backup set into the spool area, you'll also >>minimize the time you use the network and load the clients, which might >>be worth something, too. > > > Note that the attribute spooling directory should be on a separate > filesystem to the data spooling - if the data spool fills up, Bacula will > flush it. If the attribute spool fills up the job aborts.
Ah, good point. I should not have forgotten to point that out as I learned it the hard way :-) Arno > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 -- IT-Service Lehmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Arno Lehmann http://www.its-lehmann.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
