Georg wrote: > > --On Montag, 29. Januar 2007 18:07 +0100 Cosimo Streppone > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Using DVD-RAM in combination with bacula is on my projects list. Is > >> anybody actually doing this? > > [...] > > I'm in the first stage of "try-and-see-what-happens" and I configured > > DVD-RAM device exactly like a usb removable drive, with its mount > > point `/mnt/dvdrecorder'. > > Actually I would rather like to use DVD-RAM as a raw device. Just the way > normal DVD-writing works. What's the point of having a filesystem with one > file on it? ;-)
I usually also store some photos, system configs, cvs repository, ... on the same disk. > > I found the DVD-RAM media to be somewhat slow when writing full > > directory subtrees, but writing to a file like bacula does works > > smoothly... > > This depends very much on the filesystem you use. Most filesystems store > file meta-data in fixed places. Therefore the drive has to seek across the > disc to update the meta-data when writing new files (or when making changes > to the fs in general). This leads to bad performance and also makes the > medium wear out faster at these sectors. Good point, thanks. I'll try reformatting the disc with udf. -- Cosimo ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
