On 2007.08.20. 15:37, Kern Sibbald wrote: > On Monday 20 August 2007 11:42, Alan Brown wrote: >> My observation: >>> Item 1: Accurate restoration of renamed/deleted files >>> Item 3: Merge multiple backups (Synthetic Backup or Consolidation) ... > Item 1 is a very complex problem that has serious performance implications > depending on how it is implemented particularly for the FD, and is a major > addition to the current code. Probably the best solution that scales is to > push the work out to the client (FD). However, doing so risks to overrun the > capacities of the FD. The project involves sending a full and accurate state > of the Client as known in the Bacula catalog to the client, which would then > reference this information (potentially very large) when backing up files.
i suppose checking only modified directories (and working on from there) is considered not safe enough, right ? in most cases this would probably result in less work, but some implementations that do not update directory mtime might break backups badly... > This project has certain aspects in common with Item 7 "Implement Base jobs", > which also must have a full and accurate state of the catalog at the disposal > of the Client. > > Regards, > > Kern -- Rich ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
