Re: [Bacula-users] current recommendations for SSD spool disk with LTO/Ultrium?

2014-12-03 Thread Phil Stracchino
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 12/03/14 15:10, Dimitri Maziuk wrote: > On 12/03/2014 01:16 PM, Phil Stracchino wrote: >> On 12/03/14 13:20, Dimitri Maziuk wrote: > >>> "decent-size SSD device" -- don't make a 2.5TB spool partition >>> because there'll be no write leveling. >>

Re: [Bacula-users] current recommendations for SSD spool disk with LTO/Ultrium?

2014-12-03 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
On 12/03/2014 01:16 PM, Phil Stracchino wrote: > On 12/03/14 13:20, Dimitri Maziuk wrote: >> "decent-size SSD device" -- don't make a 2.5TB spool partition >> because there'll be no write leveling. > > Why do you assume that there would be no write leveling across a 2.5TB > spool partition? IRL

[Bacula-users] spool disk filesystem, checksums

2014-12-03 Thread Daniel Pocock
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? --

Re: [Bacula-users] current recommendations for SSD spool disk with LTO/Ultrium?

2014-12-03 Thread Phil Stracchino
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 12/03/14 13:20, Dimitri Maziuk wrote: > On 12/03/2014 10:11 AM, Phil Stracchino wrote: >> If you're using any kind of modern SSD device, this is really no >> longer much of an issue. Between write leveling software, new >> architectures such as S

Re: [Bacula-users] current recommendations for SSD spool disk with LTO/Ultrium?

2014-12-03 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
On 12/03/2014 10:11 AM, Phil Stracchino wrote: > If you're using any kind of modern SSD device, this is really no longer > much of an issue. Between write leveling software, new architectures > such as Samsung's 3D VNAND, and general improvements, it's really > unlikely that you can actually exce

Re: [Bacula-users] Problems with Quantum SuperLoader 3 LTO-6

2014-12-03 Thread Rainer Hackel
Hi Ben, I tried to understand the start script, and it produces this start-string: daemon bacula-dir -c /etc/bacula/bacula-dir.conf The daemon function is located in /etc/init.d/functions, but this is one level too hard for me. The entry in the logfile: 03-Dec 18:18 bacula-dir JobId 0: Fatal erro

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula-users Digest, Vol 104, Issue 3

2014-12-03 Thread Vasquez, Michael E. CIV
multiple SSDs be used in RAID0 or RAID1? Is it feasible for > clients to be spooling more jobs to the same disk simultaneously while > the tape drive is reading from it? A single SSD such as the Intel Fultondale series will sustain average read speeds far in excess of the LTO-6 400 MB

Re: [Bacula-users] current recommendations for SSD spool disk with LTO/Ultrium?

2014-12-03 Thread Phil Stracchino
On 12/03/14 11:11, Phil Stracchino wrote: > If you're using any kind of modern SSD device, this is really no longer > much of an issue. Between write leveling software, new architectures > such as Samsung's 3D VNAND, and general improvements, it's really > unlikely that you can actually exceed the

Re: [Bacula-users] current recommendations for SSD spool disk with LTO/Ultrium?

2014-12-03 Thread Phil Stracchino
On 12/03/14 10:46, Dmitri Maziuk wrote: > On 12/3/2014 8:23 AM, Josh Fisher wrote: >> ... The maximum write speed of LTO-6 is 400 >> MB/s, but what is the average write speed after writing many blocks for >> a whole job? A single Lyndonville drive may suffice, or a RAID array of >> SAS drives. > >

Re: [Bacula-users] current recommendations for SSD spool disk with LTO/Ultrium?

2014-12-03 Thread Dmitri Maziuk
On 12/3/2014 8:23 AM, Josh Fisher wrote: > On 12/3/2014 8:12 AM, Daniel Pocock wrote: >> Can anybody make any practical comments on how to choose a suitable >> spool disk (both speed, size and whether to make an array of disks for >> spooling)? > ... The maximum write speed of LTO-6 is 400 > MB/s,

Re: [Bacula-users] Problems with Quantum SuperLoader 3 LTO-6

2014-12-03 Thread Rainer Hackel
Hello Ana, I did an „yum update“ a few days before, but I cannot say, whether bacula was updated or not. The version that is show in bconsole is: bacula-dir Version: 5.0.0 (26 January 2010) x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu redhat Here is the result from of the command the "/usr/libexec/bacula/mtx-changer

Re: [Bacula-users] Problems with Quantum SuperLoader 3 LTO-6

2014-12-03 Thread Rainer Hackel
Hello Heitor, here the log produced by the „update slots” command (just 2 lines): 20141203-16:05:07 Parms: /dev/changer slots 0 /dev/nst0 0 20141203-16:05:07 Doing mtx -f /dev/changer -- to get count of slots Rainer Von: Heitor Faria [mailto:hei...@bacula.com.br] Gesendet: Mittwoch, 3. Dezember

Re: [Bacula-users] current recommendations for SSD spool disk with LTO/Ultrium?

2014-12-03 Thread Josh Fisher
On 12/3/2014 8:12 AM, Daniel Pocock wrote: > Can anybody make any practical comments on how to choose a suitable > spool disk (both speed, size and whether to make an array of disks for > spooling)? > > It would be useful to see some examples of spooling for LTO-3 up to > LTO-6 and also any comment

Re: [Bacula-users] bacula can't make use of multi drives

2014-12-03 Thread Süleyman Kuran
At last !!! Finally setting same priority for the jobs "did the job". Now bacula can write to all 4 drives for the jobs that are in the same pool simultaneously. Thanks for the support. - Original Message - From: "Ana Emília M. Arruda" To: "Süleyman Kuran" Cc: "bacula-users"

[Bacula-users] current recommendations for SSD spool disk with LTO/Ultrium?

2014-12-03 Thread Daniel Pocock
Can anybody make any practical comments on how to choose a suitable spool disk (both speed, size and whether to make an array of disks for spooling)? It would be useful to see some examples of spooling for LTO-3 up to LTO-6 and also any comments about things to avoid For example, if somebody use

Re: [Bacula-users] Problems with Quantum SuperLoader 3 LTO-6

2014-12-03 Thread Ana Emília M . Arruda
Hello Rainer, Could you tell us which version are you using? Have you upgraded? Could you post the results of the "/usr/libexec/bacula/mtx-changer /dev/sg1 listall" command? Best regards, Ana On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 7:45 AM, Rainer Hackel < rainer.hac...@degnerpartner.com> wrote: > Hello Bacul

Re: [Bacula-users] Problems with Quantum SuperLoader 3 LTO-6

2014-12-03 Thread Heitor Faria
> Hello Bacula users, > we run bacula backup for a while now. We had to replace our Tandberg > Tape-Library (StorageLoader LTO-5) by a Quantum device (Superloader LTO-6) > and have some problems now. Maybe someone can help. > Next problem: > bconsole > update slots > Result: > … > 3306 Issui

Re: [Bacula-users] Problems with Quantum SuperLoader 3 LTO-6

2014-12-03 Thread Roberts, Ben
Hi Rainer, > First problem: > Starting Bacula this way doesn't work anymore: > cd /etc/init.d > ./bacula-dir start You're going to have to do some good old fashioned debug to work this out. Check the logs, try running the exact commands the init script executes (make sure to do it as the same u

[Bacula-users] Problems with Quantum SuperLoader 3 LTO-6

2014-12-03 Thread Rainer Hackel
Hello Bacula users, we run bacula backup for a while now. We had to replace our Tandberg Tape-Library (StorageLoader LTO-5) by a Quantum device (Superloader LTO-6) and have some problems now. Maybe someone can help. First problem: Starting Bacula this way doesn't work anymore: cd /etc/init.d ./b

Re: [Bacula-users] SOLVED - Issue on catalog off-site backup

2014-12-03 Thread Fábio R. Medeiros
Ana, Heitor and Martin, thanks for your support. The problem was the fileset. Best regards! Fábio On 01-12-2014 15:47, Ana Emília M. Arruda wrote: Hello Fabio, As Martin said, you have problems with your filset in the job. Your PostegreSQL dump should be /var/db/bacula/Catalogo.sql. The pat

Re: [Bacula-users] Paper on Property Backup Migration to Bacula

2014-12-03 Thread Radosław Korzeniewski
Hello, 2014-11-28 14:09 GMT+01:00 Heitor Faria : > Mr. Bacula Users, > > I wanted to write a paper / guide that outlines the process of migrating > backup data written with property software for Bacula. I think those are > some premises: > > 1. I know this will probably involve restore the legacy

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula features sheet

2014-12-03 Thread Radosław Korzeniewski
Hello, 2014-11-25 18:17 GMT+01:00 Bruno Andrade : > Hey, > > I started recently, to analyze and test Bacula for the company and I'm > creating a wiki with all the information related. > > Is there any document or alike where I can find all the features that we > can find in Bacula? > It is in ma