> On Aug 22, 2017, at 11:01 AM, Dimitri Maziuk <dmaz...@bmrb.wisc.edu> wrote: > > On 2017-08-22 03:10, Kern Sibbald wrote: >> Dimitri, >> I have heard the same complaint from you a number of times: "Bacula sucks at >> disk as tapes". It is my view that your statement is simply not true. > > I think at the very basic level, a disk is a device that doesn't quack like a > tape and doesn't walk like a tape. What this means is if your software is > built on the tape paradigm, it can call a disk "a tape", and it will suck > because it actually is not a tape. It does not matter to me what API the code > calls to do addressing: the point is that a disk has multiple files on it > while a tape has bytes until EOT. > > Don't get me wrong, this is not specific to bacula: every tape backup > software has the same conceptual limitation and has to employ some > workarounds for backups to disk. But this is the bacula list, we're not > talking about every software here. > > Bacula, in fact, is much better than some, if you can fit all your backups on > a single filesystem: bacula's built-in disk backup setup is a breeze. > > However if you want to backup to removable disks and put them on the shelf > when full, that's where things get less than perfect fast.
Is this a common use case? I'm not challenging your approach. I am seeking knowledge about how Bacula gets used. -- Dan Langille - BSDCan / PGCon d...@langille.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
