On Oct 22, 2008, at 11:34 PM, James Harper wrote: >> >> I would like to understand the way data flows in Bacula a bit better. >> Does the user data that is being backed up flow straight from the SD > to >> the FD? Or does the SD send the data to the director, and the >> director >> then sends the data on to the FD? >> >> The reason I'm asking is that I would like to set up bacula to back >> up >> data locally on another site. Basically, I would like the director to > be >> on a computer in, say, San Diego, and both the SD and FD would be on > the >> same local network in, say, Los Angeles. The same director should >> also >> be able to control a similar SD/FD combination in Miami, New York and >> Seattle. >> >> Obviously, that's not practical if all data has to flow over the >> Internet and through the director, but if the director only exchanges >> control information with SD and FD, it might be very practical. Thus > my >> question. >> > > The Director tells the SD to expect a connection from the FD, '
I am not sure about that. > and the FD > connects directly to the SD for the purposes of sending backup data. I > think attributes (file information) are then sent from the SD back to > the Director for each file backed up. The DIR contacts the FD and gives it the FileSet and the SD that it should contact. -- Dan Langille http://langille.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
