Re: [Bacula-users] checksums

2006-11-30 Thread Michael Koppelman
That's metadata. The _data_ hasn't changed. I repeat it is wasteful to back up *data* that has not changed. Some programs are smart enough to do this. I've also pointed out that we can have it both ways, if we want. Apparently some people would rather back up the same identical data over a

Re: [Bacula-users] checksums

2006-11-29 Thread Michael Koppelman
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Re: [Bacula-users] checksums

2006-11-29 Thread Michael Koppelman
o previous versions. We wouldn't care if they were restored with the wrong mtime. In fact, I've never run into a situation where I was concerned about the mtime of the restored files. M. On Nov 28, 2006, at 8:12 PM, Dan Langille wrote: > On 28 Nov 2006 at 17:26, Michael Koppelm

[Bacula-users] checksums

2006-11-28 Thread Michael Koppelman
Sorry if this is redundant but I just wanted to add my voice to the mix that it is too bad that bacula backs up files that have not changed just because their mtime changed. In the end, it is probably less expensive to checksum than move and handle redundant data. It would at least be nice

Re: [Bacula-users] pool confusion

2005-10-06 Thread Michael Koppelman
Thank you for your responses. I seem to have it working now. I set the default pool to Full so that if any jobs get upgraded they will go in the correct pool. The main confusion, which I already mentioned but will reiterate is/was: 1. I would have thought or hoped that somehow the pool cou

Re: [Bacula-users] pool confusion

2005-10-05 Thread Michael Koppelman
OK, thanks anyway... Michael On Oct 3, 2005, at 8:49 PM, Michael Koppelman wrote: I've been searching the archive and it looks like I'm not the only one confused by pool behavior. I apologize if this is redundant but I can't seem to find an authoritative answer. My goal

[Bacula-users] pool confusion

2005-10-03 Thread Michael Koppelman
I've been searching the archive and it looks like I'm not the only one confused by pool behavior. I apologize if this is redundant but I can't seem to find an authoritative answer. My goal is simple: put all Full backups in the Full pool, put all Differentials in the Differential pool and p