On Tue, 10 Dec 2024 at 19:06, wastn jak <wastn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all,
Hi wastn, > I am planning to implement Bacula in the production environment of our data > center and have a few questions regarding the setup: OK, great. > 1. Which is better for Bacula Debian or Ubuntu (desktop version)? In my opinion both Debian and Ubuntu are very good, but it is a matter of preference. For Ubuntu, if you are not going to use this system as a desktop station, then better can be the Ubuntu server version. This way you can avoid having installed the desktop environment (and apps) by default. > 2. How much disk space is required for the system installation? Would 100 GB > suffice, or should it be larger? For Bacula it is about a few megabytes. It is definitely advantage of Bacula that the components are lightweight and installation does not take hundreds of megabytes like in some other backup solutions. The other story is a space for data that Bacula SD will save on file volumes. Here, the answer on this question you know the best how much data you plan to back up, how often with what retention...etc. > 3. What is the recommended amount of RAM? Is 8 GB sufficient, or should it be > higher? I will not provide you exact numbers but for memory, generally Bacula does not need too much. It also depends how you will use Bacula. For example with the Job accurate mode the memory usage on FD will be greater than without it but still the numbers are not high. > 4. How many CPU cores are recommended? Is 8 cores sufficient, or should I go > for more? It also depends how you will use Bacula. Some operations need more CPU resources like encryption, software compression on FD or building the Bvfs cache for restore on the Director and Catalog side. > 5. For storage, should we use our existing QNAP storage for Bacula backups, > or would it be better to allocate additional hard disks (e.g., 40TB) to the > Bacula VM? Additionally, what file system formats are recommended for these > disks (e.g., ext4, btrfs, or another) to avoid data loss in the event of a > power outage? > > > 6. How should I configure these storage devices in Bacularis? In Bacularis the storage devices you can configure in the storage wizards. On the 'Storage' page Bacularis provides three types of wizards that enable to create both single devices and autochangers as well: - for file storage - for tape storage - for cloud storage The wizard buttons you can find at the top of the 'Storage' page. All the wizard actions can be done on the interface separately as well in particular Bacula SD and Director configuration resources if you prefer this way. > Thank you in advance for your guidance. Good luck! Best regards, Marcin Haba (gani) _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
