Thanx much! This is the answer I was hoping for. Skip
On Tue, 2009-05-12 at 11:23 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: > Skip Guenter wrote: > > > > I am looking at installing backuppc. I have one server that contains a > > mirror (RAID 1) drive. This device (/dev/md0) contains a series of > > directories that are the mount point for several 'disk-less' clients > > (nfs mount point). Across these directories is a great deal of > > duplication (OS images). When I backup the server containing this drive > > will "pooling" be in effect for the multitude of duplicates across these > > directories all on the same machine (from that servers perspective)? > > Yes, all files with duplicate content are linked to a common pooled copy > regardless of where they were found. It doesn't matter whether or not > they were on the same target - you'd also get the same effect from > backing up the clients individually. The files will all be copied over > the first time even with rsync but the duplicates won't take additional > storage space. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanners deliver under ANY circumstances! Your production scanning environment may not be a perfect world - but thanks to Kodak, there's a perfect scanner to get the job done! With the NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanner you'll get full speed at 300 dpi even with all image processing features enabled. http://p.sf.net/sfu/kodak-com _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
