Dan Langille <d...@langille.org> wrote on 28.04.2009 12:35:01:
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> Henrik Johansen wrote:
> > Dan Langille wrote:
> > Henrik Johansen wrote:
> >>>> Hi list,
> >>>>
> >>>> I have some questions regarding disk based backups that I hope some
> >>>> of you
> >>>> could answer for me. I am currently managing 100+ UNIX systems that
> >>>> are backed up using a variety of scripts which I really would like
to
> >>>> replace with something solid, flexible, scalable and easy to
manage.
> >>>>
> >>>> Bacula seems to be heavily centralized around tape and my head
hurts
> >>>> a bit from trying to figure out how to do efficient disk baseed
> >>>> backup for 100+ clients without shooting myself in the foot :)
> >
> > Why do you conclude it is highly centralized around tape?
> >
> >> I am not concluding anything? When going through the manual I found
that
> >> a lot was written about tape and less about disk, hence it *seems*
more
> >> about tape then disk - at least to me.
>
> Consider that Bacula backs up to Volumes. Volumes belong to Pools. To
> Bacula, Volumes can be tapes or disk (and other media). There is no
> difference to Bacula. The format is the same. The scheduling,
> retention, etc, all the same.
>
> I think more is written about tape because those particular sections of
> the documentation was written before disk backup was implemented. I find
> myself talking and writing about tapes more than disks. This may be
> because I backup to tape more than to disk. These are unproven
theories.
>
> - --
> Dan Langille
Isn't the only way to backup to disks by emulating tape drives? I'm
specifically
talking about
http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=47704&group_id=50727
As I understand it, bacula itself doesn't support drives other than tapes.
Am I wrong?
Chris
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