Hi Craig, > "Khaled Hussain" writes: > > > 1. What is meant by pool exactly? Is this referring to all > previous backups? > > Is this reffering to files that are common between computers? > > A single copy of every file is stored in the pool, whether or > not it appears multiple times among the backups.
So I take it that this is a single unique copy of every file regardless of host and permissions/timestamps. > > 2. I have seen on the list archives some emails about link errors and it > > seems that .../log/LOG shows lots of link errors. I have > confirmed that my > > cpool and host dirs are on two different file systems, well > cpool is on '/' > > (/dev/hda2) and the host dirs are on a software raid setup (so > /dev/md0). It > > seems that since BackupPC was setup on our systems some 2/3 > years ago, we > > were getting these link errors but all machines were being > backed up fine. > > So, my question is or questions are: What are the implications > of having the > > link errors? > > > You must have the host and cpool directories on the same > file system. The result is that a lot of space will be > wasted since the backups cannot be hardlinked to the pool. > The backups should still be fine, since the original files > should be preserved if the links fail. Yes, I am always able to restore backed up files without any issues so the backups are fine. However, if I was to move the cpool (currently on root partition) to the md0 device, I understand that the old backups will not be affected and all new backups should be linked successfully. The old backups will gradually expire away leaving more recent backups with hardlinked files in the pool; this will clear the server of duplicate data...is this correct? Why would it matter that cpool is on a different filesystem since backupPC_link uses pool, which is on the same filesystem? I would be grateful if you could give me a clearer definition for 'hardlink' to clarify backupPC's operation in my head. > > Craig Many thanks in advance for your patience. Khaled ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=103432&bid=230486&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
