On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 1:42 PM, Les Mikesell <lesmikes...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 4/29/2011 1:09 PM, Richard Shaw wrote: >>>> 3. I have more than one share that needs to be backed up from the >>>> client but they want a different backup schedule for 1 of the shares. >>>> Am I going to have to setup fake/virtual hosts to accomplish this? >>> >>> Yes. But make sure they understand that the pooling in backuppc means >>> they wouldn't actually store more copies (unless they change) of files >>> if they run all the shares at the more frequent schedule. >> >> That shouldn't be a problem, these are different directories with >> dissimilar files, so not a pooling opportunity. > > What I mean is that multiple runs of the same share are pooled, so while > there may be other (load, network traffic) reasons to back up some parts > less frequently, doing all the shares at the most frequent desired > schedule probably won't take a lot more server space.
Yeah, the main backup is their projects folders, the rest we were going to backup less frequently mainly due to their lesser importance more than any other reason, but also due to load and traffic as this is the master for their rendering farm. Thanks, Richard ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WhatsUp Gold - Download Free Network Management Software The most intuitive, comprehensive, and cost-effective network management toolset available today. Delivers lowest initial acquisition cost and overall TCO of any competing solution. http://p.sf.net/sfu/whatsupgold-sd _______________________________________________ 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/
