On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 01:18:58PM -1000, Romeo Theriault wrote: > Hello, we're planning a fairly large Bacula backup environment (~500 > clients). The environment will be a purely disk based backup environment > and I'm trying to determine the "best" way to configure the > devices/pools/volumes so we can have: > > * a large amount of concurrent backups > * maximum flexibility in changing individual client backup schedules > without having to hold onto huge volumes for an extended period of time > > How are other large installations managing their devices/pools/volumes? > I've read of some folks creating new pools/devices for each of their backup > jobs so each job is in it's own volume and you can have lots of concurrent > jobs while maintaining flexibility in client retention periods without huge > volumes. Is this viable for a large installation? > > Any tips or pointers are appreciated. > > Thank you, > Romeo
Hi Romeo, how many directors will you be using for this setup, and what is the total backup size? We've been running our clients in separate d/p/v for a few years now and are quite happy with this setup (around 110 clients). If your clients don't change that often (regarding adding new ones, deleting old ones and so on) the overhead isn't too bad given the enormous flexibility this approach offers. Cheers, Uwe -- NIONEX --- Ein Unternehmen der Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
