Re: [Bacula-users] Optimizing Backup Schedule and Storage Space on Backup System

2021-03-04 Thread Sven Hartge
On 26.02.21 00:47, J W wrote: 3. I would try Virtual backups. Can I just run virtual full backups periodically after the first full backup? I already have full backups so I could just schedule virtual full backups instead of full ones. Do I need separate media types or devices for Virtual Full

Re: [Bacula-users] Optimizing Backup Schedule and Storage Space on Backup System

2021-03-04 Thread David Brodbeck
On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 3:48 PM J W wrote: > 1. The full backups are about 2.8 TB with 12,000,000 - 20,000,000 files > and each run for 2 - 3 days. This is a problem since it means that we can > lose up to three days of files if someone has a problem. > I am looking for suggestions about how to c

[Bacula-users] Optimizing Backup Schedule and Storage Space on Backup System

2021-02-25 Thread J W
I am using Bacula Community 9.4.4 for backup of a server. It has two drives with about 2.8 TB of information on each drive. My backup system has ~28 TB of disk storage in a single partition using ZFS 0.8.5 with compression and deduplication turned on. I get about 1.3 - 1.4x compression so it is e