> I have been using bacula for more than two months now and quite happy with it. > However, there are some points still unclear to me. As an example, I run a > backup job which does both full and differential saves and am undecided to > use either a single pool or one pool for each level. Can someone explain the > advantages and disadvantages of keeping two pools? > I think this is all a matter of preference. I have at minimum 10 pools. Mainly because I have different kinds of media and different things I want to backup seperately and I also keep at least 2 full copies of all important stuff with the copies being in different pools. I know this stuff is going to be a little different especially because a lot of this is because I archive this data for medical imaging research. I have pools like the following (I know I am missing a few):
UserBackups-DLT - For the users / public and private data SystemBackups-LTO2 - Mostly the os and apps ArchiveData-LTO2 - Archived Medical Images Set # 1 ArchiveData2-LTO2 - Archived Medical Images Set # 2 Catalogs - Only the catalogs UserBackups-LTO2 - Backups of user machines minus the os and apps Other - This is a file backup that is for linux configs and the cvs server CleanImages - This is the first copy of the images after they have been deidentifyied TempData - Any backups that are made before a machine upgrade that could jeopardize the data. They are generally deleted after the upgrade is a success. DVD - Backups on dvd media John ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
