On 04/12/14 18:35, Kern Sibbald wrote: > On 12/03/2014 08:49 PM, Daniel Pocock wrote: >> >> Does Bacula checksum content on the spool disk before sending it to tape? >> >> To be more explicit, if there is a single bit error on the spool disk, >> will it be noticed before going onto tape or would it only be noticed in >> future when a file is taken off the tape? > > Unless you are running ZFS for the spool disk, the error will only be > noticed when the data is read from the tape. >
In that case, it sounds like a good idea to use ZFS or Btrfs with checksums enabled ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=164703151&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
