>>>> Does anyone do something like this already? How can I handle the eSATA >>>> drives? Is there a better way? >>> >>> >>> Hi Steven... I believe that you can accomplish what you are looking for >>> using >>> Bacula's "Copy Jobs", Josh Fisher's excellent "vchanger" add-on, and a >>> little >>> hard work. :)
I use and recommend this as well. I make each removable disk represent a virtual autochanger magazine with a fixed number of same sized volumes. >>> Obviously it is more complicated than the four or five steps listed below, >>> but >>> here is the basic concept and process: >>> > I generally have file volumes limited to 10GB for ease of moving around if I > need to. I said 2GB in your case, because of the very small 40GB "partition" > Small volumes also help in the case of recycling. Remember that bacula recycles a whole volume at a time it can not reclaim space from individual jobs inside a volume until the whole volume can be recycled. John ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get 100% visibility into Java/.NET code with AppDynamics Lite! It's a free troubleshooting tool designed for production. Get down to code-level detail for bottlenecks, with <2% overhead. Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897031&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
