--- Rich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i don't know how feasible would this be with current bacula formats - > such a storage system would be a huge benefit for hdd based systems, but > might require serious changes.
Indeed, I'm backing up to disk for the time being, not tape. > > What I would like to do is to keep for example 2 full backups, and as > > soon as the third is made the oldest one should be deleted from disk > > (not just the job/volume entries in the catalog). > > it seems that you might be interested in feature request #5 : > http://www.bacula.org/?page=projects 'Remove Volume After' is of no use since I want to keep the volume, just control its contents. Whether 'Volume Data Retention' is useful depends on how it is implemented. If it's tied to a time period then it's again not finegrained enough (depending on the timing of individual (manual) jobs it could delete the previous full backup before the next one is made, or keep superfluous files around too long). If it's tied to an action like an explicit command ("purge all files before previous full backup" or similar), great. I guess I could work around this by using multiple volumes and 'Maximum Volume Files' or 'Maximum Volume Duration', but these have the same drawbacks as 'Volume Data Retention': if I make extra (incremental) backups in the meantime or am late with the full backup the next volume will have useless incremental stuff on it, thus wasting space, and involving extra work finding a complete restore. ___________________________________________________________ Want ideas for reducing your carbon footprint? Visit Yahoo! For Good http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/forgood/environment.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
