hmm, i rather expect the pool check doesn't follow all the transfers, rather is interleaved with the transfers, if i'm right the temporary ballooning you describe should not occur other than a file at a time.
On 2010-12-06, Ed McDonagh <ed.mcdon...@rmh.nhs.uk> wrote: > On Mon, 2010-12-06 at 10:47 -0500, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: >> Hi! I've got two servers, each around a TB, that I'm backing up with >> BackupPC. (No, not for "real" backups, but to be able to not have to >> recall tapes when someone deletes a file. Darn users.) I'm planning on >> merging the two Windows servers into one Linux box serving via Samba. >> Assuming pooling works the way I think it does, there shouldn't be any >> significant increase in needed disk space, should there? >> >> Thanks! >> >> -Ken >> >> > > I think you are right, in the medium term. > > In the short term, if the host is different then everything will be new > and will be transferred over to the backup machine. > > Once there, it will be checked against the pool and each file will be > replaced with a hard link to the pooled version from the original > server, therefore you'll eventually get all the space back to what it > was with two servers. > > Ed > ######################################################################### > Attention: > This e-mail and any attachment is for authorised use by the intended > recipient(s) only. It may contain proprietary, confidential and/or > privileged information and should not be copied, disclosed, distributed, > retained or used by any other party. If you are not an intended recipient > please notify the sender immediately and delete this e-mail (including > attachments and copies). > > The statements and opinions expressed in this e-mail are those of the > author and do not necessarily reflect those of the Royal Marsden NHS > Foundation Trust. The Trust does not take any responsibility for the > statements and opinions of the author. > > Website: http://www.royalmarsden.nhs.uk > ######################################################################### > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > What happens now with your Lotus Notes apps - do you make another costly > upgrade, or settle for being marooned without product support? Time to move > off Lotus Notes and onto the cloud with Force.com, apps are easier to build, > use, and manage than apps on traditional platforms. Sign up for the Lotus > Notes Migration Kit to learn more. http://p.sf.net/sfu/salesforce-d2d > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > -- "We know how to transform this world to reduce our impact on nature by several fold, how to provide meaningful, dignified living-wage jobs for all who seek them, and how to feed, clothe, and house every person on earth. What we don't know is how to remove those in power, those whose ignorance of biology is matched only by their indifference to human suffering." - Paul Hawken "We are like tenant farmers chopping down the fence around our house for fuel when we should be using Natures inexhaustible sources of energy — sun, wind and tide. ... I'd put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don't have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that." - Thomas Edison (1847-1931) http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Thomas_Edison ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What happens now with your Lotus Notes apps - do you make another costly upgrade, or settle for being marooned without product support? Time to move off Lotus Notes and onto the cloud with Force.com, apps are easier to build, use, and manage than apps on traditional platforms. Sign up for the Lotus Notes Migration Kit to learn more. http://p.sf.net/sfu/salesforce-d2d _______________________________________________ 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/