On Saturday 07 April 2007 22:43, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > See the patches directory in the source code. There is a patch for a later > > version. It is possible that version 7 has the patch integrated, but you > > will need to check that. > > Is there a certain function/feature that I can look for in version 7 to > know if it has what Bacula needs?
Yes, but I forget the details. You will need to look at the patch. If I remember right it adds a -F option. > > > I don't recommend using DVDs for any serious backup. The Bacula 2.0.x DVD > > backup seems to work, but I consider the code BETA, and even if it were > > production, I wouldn't put my data on DVD (CDROM perhaps, but not DVD). > > Interesting. Mind if I ask why? I need to back up close to 100 gigs. > Why not write that to media that holds ~4 gigs per piece instead of to > something that holds ~800 megs? They are not reliable. > > With advances in capacity of optical media, is the general opinion that > seemingly older technology is "better" for backups? Not trying to start > a religious flame war, just wondering if there's something that others > know about backup media that I need to learn. :) Modern tape drives (excluding Travan and DDS) i.e. DLT, LTO, .. are much more reliable, and from what I read they are more cost effective per GB. In any case, you are free to choose what you want. > > -- > -Monte > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
