I have archival backups going back 10 years without any problems. If you want to be able to restore any single file from the backup, then you need to explicitly configure File Retention and Job Retention in the Client resource, because they default to 60 and 180 days respectively. I've set them both to 50 years.
You also need to set the Volume Retention in the pool (which defaults to 1 year). After changing any of these, update the db and volumes using the bconsole update command. __Martin >>>>> On Wed, 14 Aug 2024 14:21:48 +0200, Mehrdad Ravanbod said: > > Thanx for the response, appreciate it > > As to media, plan is to put it on disk, with some sort of raid(1, 5, 6) > to ensure safety/integrity, that is where the files are right now > > as to the amount of data, it is not that huge, weekly full backups is > around 50 GB, and it lends it self well to compression, and data does > not change that much so incre. backups should be small, my concern is > mainly the database(using postgresql) and whether Bacula can handle such > retention times of say 3560+ days > > I have seen reten times of one year but that is about it, if anyone have > experience of handling longer retention times and care to share their > experiences or config files for the jobs, I would be grateful > > > Regards /Mehrdad > > On 2024-08-14 13:36, Gary R. Schmidt wrote: > > On 14/08/2024 16:19, Mehrdad Ravanbod wrote: > >> > >> hello everyone > >> > >> I need to set up backups for a set of files that need to be saved and > >> be possible to access for a very long time(approx. 10 years, for > >> compliance reasons), is this possible in Bacula or even advisable?? > >> Or do we need to solve this some other way > >> > > The first problem you have is finding media that is guaranteed to last > > for 10+ years. > > > > Tape is generally considered the best for this, but... YMMV if you > > don't store it correctly. > > > > Another option is long-term optical disk, which is not the same as DVD > > or Blu-Ray. > > > > Talk to the suppliers of archival services in your country for > > information on what is available and sensible. > > > > The second problem is storage for the database. If you have millions > > of files that change frequently you will need a lot of space for the > > database. > > > > Non-Bacula solution: Back when I was at SGI we offered HFS - > > Hierarchical File System - for people who had this sort of problem. > > And very, very deep pockets. > > I don't know if Rackable kept it alive when they purchased SGI, maybe > > talk to them? > > > > Cheers, > > Gary B-) > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Bacula-users mailing list > > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > -- > ________________________________________________________ > Mehrdad Ravanbod System administrator > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
