Kern, I can't fault you at all for creating a seperate enterprise version, I do hope that over time the features that you add to make it to the community version. You have created a great back package, that I very much enjoy.
If you create a software only subscription I would think that I could get my company to spend the $'s (The 3,900 Euro's made them ask me why I couldn't just use tar....). As for the page with the quote it is: http://www.baculasystems.com/eng/Bacula/Our-Philosophy Thanks -Jason On Wed, 2010-06-09 at 19:18 +0200, Kern Sibbald wrote: > Hello Jason, > > On Wednesday 09 June 2010 16:01:03 Jason A. Kates wrote: > > Kern, > > > > I am confused by your statement: > > " > > Yes, I am working on this now (a very low priority project for the > > moment) but it will probably only be in the Enterprise version and not > > in the community version." > > > > Are you looking to start having features only in the paid for version? > > Yes. For the moment, it is really quite minimal. The Bacula Systems web > site > should in the next few weeks when we announce Enterprise version 4.0 explain > these differences. For the moment, it is limited to some minor rescue key > parts and to Windows plugins. > > > > > I thought that all versions would have access to the same code, this is > > from your web site: > > " > > There will be no separate “enterprise version” of the Bacula source > > code. www.bacula.org will continue to be the home for Bacula project > > development." > > I need to change that. Can you tell me *exactly* where you found it? > > Hopefully my response to Wolfram answered any of your concerns. > > Kern > > > > > Thanks -Jason > > > > On Wed, 2010-06-09 at 15:18 +0200, Kern Sibbald wrote: > > > On Wednesday 09 June 2010 14:20:32 Wolfram Schlich wrote: > > > > * Wolfram Schlich <[email protected]> [2010-05-14 17:54]: > > > > > * Ulrich Leodolter <[email protected]> [2010-05-14 13:09]: > > > > > > On Fri, 2010-05-14 at 10:27 +0200, Wolfram Schlich wrote: > > > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm using Bacula 5.0.2 to back up to a tape library > > > > > > > which has two LTO-4 FC tape drives. Backup speed is > > > > > > > around 95-100 MB/s which is quite ok (using a DAS > > > > > > > for spooling data though). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Now, when running a copy job that copies backups > > > > > > > from a tape from the full or incr backup pool to > > > > > > > a tape from the offsite pool, speed reaches 50MB/s > > > > > > > maximum, so it's just half as fast as the backups. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What could be the reason for that? > > > > > > > > > > > > copy is NOT done in multi-threaded buffered way. > > > > > > it is done one by one block (default is 63k) > > > > > > > > > > > > ... > > > > > > read block N > > > > > > write block N > > > > > > read block N+1 > > > > > > write block N+1 > > > > > > ... > > > > > > > > > > > > so you get about the half speed. > > > > > > > > > > [...] > > > > > > > > > > > this is why we do a second copy-disk-to-tape > > > > > > using a special sql query to make offsite copies. > > > > > > > > > > Well, the problem for us is that we don't backup > > > > > to disk because the storage isn't big enough for > > > > > that, so we backup to tape using the storage as > > > > > spool device (which is able to spool data for 4 > > > > > LTO4 tapes). > > > > > > > > Dear Kern, dear Bacula developers, > > > > > > > > do you plan to change this part of the implementation > > > > of Bacula to greatly improve the speed of copy jobs > > > > for tape-to-tape copies? > > > > > > Yes, I am working on this now (a very low priority project for the > > > moment) but it will probably only be in the Enterprise version and not in > > > the community version. > > > > > > Kern > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >----- ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate > > > GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the > > > lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: > > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Bacula-devel mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel > > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jason A. Kates ([email protected]) Fax: 208-975-1514 Phone: 660-960-0070 ============================================================================ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ Bacula-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel
