Hi, 08.02.2008 22:20, Philipp Geschke wrote: > Arno Lehmann schrieb: >> Hi, > > Hi :) > Thanks for answering! > >> Ok, just to make sure I understand correctly: You back up to file volumes? > Exactly. Diskspace is getting way too cheap ;-)
Well... personally, I *like* tape, but I still see the advantages of having lots of fast and cheap disk space available. > >>> Now my question is, how would you accomplish this? >> rsync. > Feel's good to hear rsync twice, because this is what I suggested in > first place, just felt "too simple". I prefer simple solutions :-) I've got to be able to execute them even when under stress... ... >>> Remarks? What do you think? Did I miss something? It doesn't sound great >>> to me, but would work, as far as my (limited) knowledge goes. >> Well, the source code, configuration files, and everything else you >> need to set up a new Bacula instance. > A little embarrassing for me, but I am using Ubuntu's 2.0.3 packages, so > no need for that :-( > I was close to switching to source code, but in april I'll have 2.2.6 > with Ubuntu Hardy. So laziness wins, the packages are actually compiled > very well. I don't doubt that, but then make sure you've got all the needed packages for all the platforms you run in all the three sites - there'll come a day when you need to quickly set up a replacemtn Bacula system, and you'll only have a machine of a different architecture than what you usually use, and whatever version Ubunto offers has a new catalog schema or the packages are broken... we're talking paranoia :-) ... >> I'd do it with one DIR, three SDs, and two standby/emergency DIRs with >> slave catalog DBs. > > Yes I'm really tempted to follow that advice. I'll have to look into > some issues regarding the networking (sd + dir will be using RFC1918 > addresses, but the servers will be spread over different AS), but it > still looks like the best solution to my problem. Addressing *should* be quite straightforward in this case, but firewalling could be a problem. Network throughput will not be a serious problem, I suspect, because in the normal working situation, the data itself will remain in their sites. Database syncronization will need limited bandwidth, but the volume syncronization could become a real issue... ... > I really have to thank you and Dan again! > I was talking to a colleague of mine this afternoon, telling him I was > going to ask the mailing list about this issue. And I told him about > these two bacula experts that are extremely active on the list, from > whom I hoped to receive an answer. > > You may guess who I was talking about ;-) Thanks for the compliments - though I find myself a bit too busy with other stuff recently :-( Arno -- Arno Lehmann IT-Service Lehmann www.its-lehmann.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. 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
