On 01/19/11 20:24, Dan Langille wrote: > On 1/19/2011 7:47 PM, Juergen Zahrer wrote: >> Hi list, >> >> amanda passes the whole archive to the client even if only a few files >> are restored. that takes a very very long time for >> one small file in a big dump over 100 Mb. >> what about bacula? does bacula "unpack and extract" the requested file >> on a local _fast_ disk and transfer that file over >> network? > > In short, yes.
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