Re: [Bacula-users] FileStorage strategy

2011-08-16 Thread Phil Stracchino
On 08/16/11 03:39, Lyn Amery wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm just getting started with Bacula and wondering about the best strategy > for setting up file storage naming. Is there a best practice, perhaps, > or do people have suggestions? > > I have about 15 systems to back up to about 8 TB of disk.

Re: [Bacula-users] FileStorage strategy

2011-08-16 Thread Eric Pratt
On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 12:39 AM, Lyn Amery wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm just getting started with Bacula and wondering about the best strategy > for setting up file storage naming.  Is there a best practice, perhaps, > or do people have suggestions? > > I have about 15 systems to back up to about 8

Re: [Bacula-users] FileStorage strategy

2011-08-16 Thread Jari Fredriksson
16.8.2011 10:39, Lyn Amery kirjoitti: > Is there any > advantage to having lots of small files as compared to a few large ones? > When and if a volume is purged, and recycled, it is done once and for all. There is not partial purges. So, I like to have lots of smallish (DVD size) volumes in my P

[Bacula-users] FileStorage strategy

2011-08-16 Thread Lyn Amery
Hi all, I'm just getting started with Bacula and wondering about the best strategy for setting up file storage naming. Is there a best practice, perhaps, or do people have suggestions? I have about 15 systems to back up to about 8 TB of disk. I know that I could create a single volume - labell