Re: [Bacula-users] scalability of Windows backups

2006-03-03 Thread Thomas Lohman
Ok, so assuming 4 TB per full backup for all clients, with a typical data throughput to the tape of 140GB/Hr (LTO-2 estimate, YMMV) you'd need more than a whole day, but, even assuming an overall throughput below 100GB/Hr, it should be possible to run the full backups on two weekends, for examp

Re: [Bacula-users] scalability of Windows backups

2006-03-03 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hello, On 3/3/2006 12:02 AM, Thomas J. Lohman wrote: The most important thing is probably what amount of data you expect from each machine, and how much of it changes. Assuming a short backup time window and expecting lots of changed files from many clients might force you to implement more comp

Re: [Bacula-users] scalability of Windows backups

2006-03-02 Thread Thomas J. Lohman
> The most important thing is probably what amount of data you expect from > each machine, and how much of it changes. Assuming a short backup time > window and expecting lots of changed files from many clients might force > you to implement more complicated schedules than you'd might wish (for > e

Re: [Bacula-users] scalability of Windows backups

2006-03-02 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hello, On 3/2/2006 8:57 PM, Thomas J. Lohman wrote: Hi all, we are currently evaluating packages for backing up our Windows systems. We have anywhere between 200-250 Windows machines in our domain that need to be backed up. I am wondering what is the general scalability of Bacula. I know that