On Wed, 12 Apr 2017, Martin Simmons wrote: > Does that file tree have a lot of hard links (I think the add command only > makes those queries for hard links)? If so, then using Bacula 7 might help > (see "restore optimizespeed" in > http://www.bacula.org/downloads/Bacula-7.4.0/ReleaseNotes).
That might well be it. "find . -type f -links +1" says that, of the ten million or so files in that tree, around a million have more than one hard link (some have several hundred, don't ask me why). If the client will permit it, I'll investigate "restore optimizespeed" and report back. Thank you! Tom Yates Cambridge, UK. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users