On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 2:56 PM, Christopher Dick <jcdi...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > I've looked through the documentation of Bacula, and perhaps it is called > something else and I just didn't recognize it. > > Does Bacula support tape reclamation? By this, I mean, as the retention > period on particular pieces of data expire, can Bacula automatically begin > condensing what could become only "half-full" tapes onto new tapes and return > now emptied tapes back into the pool? I realize this would require multiple > tape drives. While it might cause the drives to run more often, but it would > make tape usage more efficient than having many tapes with a few "empty > spots" set now as "appendable." > > As I said, it may be already in there and I didn't recognize the description > of the functionality. >
The concept of "half-full" volumes does not exist in bacula. I mean a volume is only recycled in its entirety and that up until a volume gets recycled all of the data on that volume still exists. John ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanners deliver under ANY circumstances! Your production scanning environment may not be a perfect world - but thanks to Kodak, there's a perfect scanner to get the job done! With the NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanner you'll get full speed at 300 dpi even with all image processing features enabled. http://p.sf.net/sfu/kodak-com _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
