Hi Dan, Dan Langille wrote: > What I do for large files such as database dumps: run pg_dump to get the > text file. Then use rsync to update the local copy, then backup that. >
I was thinking along the same lines. There is a problem with this strategy though. At the very moment when your kit has fallen over and everybody is screaming at you to get it going again you have a complicated procedure to go through to restore it. Not only do you have to format new drive(s), load the OS, setup the network, download bacula, build Bacula fd etc; you also have to remember where your local database backup file is kept or separately restore it from backups and find a way to transfer it to the new device before finally re-loading the database. That's a lot of stress in an already stressful situation ;-) Much better if Bacula could handle 'true' incremental backup of large files in a bandwidth friendly way. - David. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
