On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 10:59 AM, John Drescher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Terry L. Inzauro wrote: >>> is there a document that outlines the steps necessary to purge 'older' data >>> on a disk device that is >>> full? i understand that my retention levels are not correct, but i wish to >>> purge data at my >>> discression until i get it all figured out. >> >> You can purge entire volumes only, not select data. If you wish to only >> purge some data, you need to have multiple volumes and use them in a >> rotation. >> > A word of advice, limit your volume size to 1/10 to 1/20th (or even > more) of the size of your disk array so that proper volume management > has a chance to work. Having only a few giant volumes does not play > well with complex schedules and retention periods. >
Could you point to some online docs on how to do it. Currently I have one volume with a size of 567GB, and my space is running low. How should the volumes be setup? 100gb each, and how do I set the rotation so it knows to pick next volume, or create next volume. Thanks, Lucas ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
