Hi Ashley,
[ .... ] > Then I ran an archive of only server2 without > GZIP with no compression. The > archive reported that the dump for server2 would > be 234Gb and there was > sufficient space for that size file on the > external drive. But it failed! > See log below. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------- > Contents of file /var/lib/backuppc/pc/archive/ArchiveLOG.7, modified > 2006-07-28 18:29:37 (Extracting only Errors) > > Executing: /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_archiveHost > /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_tarCreate /usr/bin/split /usr/bin/par2 > server2 9 /bin/cat .raw 0000000 /media/lacie500gb/archive 0 * > Xfer PIDs are now 9687 > Writing tar archive for host server2, backup #9 to output file > /media/lacie500gb/archive/server2.9.tar.raw > /bin/cat: write error: No space left on device It seems to be that the La Cie device is getting with no space, but have you been monitoring woth 'df -h' periodically just to be sure ?? > Executing: /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_tarCreate -t -h server2 -n 9 -s > * . | /bin/cat > /media/lacie500gb/archive/server2.9.tar.raw This show the implementation side, and given the fact that pipes are almost sure implemented in memory (depending on pipe() ) AND that it is a huge file AND that also some buffering between processes mut be implemented I should keep an eye on other filesystems exhaustion (BTW how much memory and swap file do you have ??). I know, I know that everything shows a no space left on write but just give it a try, under stress or big volumes caution is adviced. :-) HTH. -- Víctor A. Rodríguez (http://www.bit-man.com.ar) El bit Fantasma (Bit-Man) CaFe.pm - Perl Mongers Capital Federal (http://cafe.pm.org/) Probaste con Software Libre (http://www.bit-man.com.ar/cgi-bin/wiki.pl/AyudaCompu/SoftwareLibre ?? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
