Hi, 27.11.2008 17:10, Tobias Bartel wrote: > Hello, > > i am tasked to set up daily full backups of our entire fax communication > and they are all stored in one single director ;). There are about > 800.000 files in that directory what makes accessing that directory > extremely slow. The target device is a LTO3 tape drive with an 8 slots > changer. > > With my current configuration Bacula needs ~48h to make a complete > backup which kinda conflicts with the requirement of doing dailys. > > Does anybody have any suggestions on how i could speed things up?
A more or less identical question is discussed in the thread "Large maildir backup" right now. Without further details: Database tuning and using a file system better handling many files in a directory are the ideas right now. Regarding file systems, xfs works here quite well and is said to be suitable for large directories. Arno > THX in advance - Tobi > > > PS: I already talked to my boss and our developers and they will change > the system so the faxes get stored in subdirectories. But changing that > doesn't have a very high priority and got scheduled for next summer. Then tell them that daily full backups of the fax system can be scheduled for next autumn ;-) Arno -- Arno Lehmann IT-Service Lehmann Sandstr. 6, 49080 Osnabrück www.its-lehmann.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
