I'm building a large data warehouse system using ZFS for an unrelated project; assuming we get the thing working like we want to (currently having scsi driver issues and i'm about ready to give up and run linux) i'll see if i can simulate a backuppc datastore and hardlinks and try it out.
On Thu, Sep 13, 2007 at 11:06:50AM -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: > Tony Schreiner wrote: > > I am running a fairly small BackupPC on a Solaris 10 machine ( 6 > > clients, maybe about 200 GB total backup) . Backup directory on ZFS, > > but I haven't tried any tricks with ZFS yet. > > I've had no operational problems. I am using my own version of perl > > rather than the system default. > > I don't know enough about it to even ask the question right but I've > wondered if the zfs send/recv facilities can deal with backuppc's huge > number of hardlinks efficiently enough to make offsite copies of the > archive - especially with its incremental mode. > > -- > Les Mikesell > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ danno -- Dan Pritts, System Administrator Internet2 office: +1-734-352-4953 | mobile: +1-734-834-7224 Dive into the next wave of innovation: Register for the Internet2 Member Meeting http://events.internet2.edu/2007/fall-mm/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
