On 2013-09-17, at 3:53 PM, Phil Stracchino <ala...@metrocast.net> wrote:
> On 09/17/13 13:57, Jeff MacDonald wrote: >> I was reading one of Dan Langilles blogs where he mentions he has a separate >> pool for full/incremental/differential backup jobs. >> >> I was wondering the though behind this and why? Does it only apply to when >> using tapes or are there strategic benefits to doing it even when using >> files for backup volumes? > > It makes it trivially simple to have different media retention times for > different types of jobs in order to keep the quantity of backup media > under control. > > Personally, I have a Full pool on tape, run monthly with twelve months > retention; a Differential pool on disk, run weekly with three months' > retention; and an Incremental pool ondisk, run daily with one month > retention; and it's easy to automatically expire and delete opr recycle > (as appropriate) each volume as it gets past its sell-by date. > Cool. So right now in my case i just have one big pool. Which means when i get in a pinch and have to purge the oldest volumes by hand, there is a chance i'm getting rid of portions of full diff and incrementals. where as if i had 3 pools i could be much more specific about what i was getting rid of. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LIMITED TIME SALE - Full Year of Microsoft Training For Just $49.99! 1,500+ hours of tutorials including VisualStudio 2012, Windows 8, SharePoint 2013, SQL 2012, MVC 4, more. BEST VALUE: New Multi-Library Power Pack includes Mobile, Cloud, Java, and UX Design. Lowest price ever! Ends 9/20/13. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=58041151&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
