Hello, Le Thursday 29 January 2009 14:59:38 Alex F, vous avez écrit : > Item 1: Implementation of running Job speed limit. > Origin: Alex F, alexxzell at yahoo dot com > Date: 29 January 2009 > > What: I noticed the need for an integrated bandwidth limiter for running > jobs. It would be very useful just to specify another field in > bacula-dir.conf, like speed = how much speed you wish for that specific job > to run at > > Why: Because of a couple of reasons. > First, it's very hard to implement a traffic shaping utility
This is already done by the OS (linux and freebsd) with a bit of configuration, it's also possible to use a port forwarder to do the job. I don't think that it's a good idea to put this feature in bacula, you have so many options in this area.... Bye > and also > make it reliable. Second, it is very uncomfortable to have to implement > these apps to, let's say 50 clients (including desktops, servers). This > would also be unreliable because you have to make sure that the apps are > properly working when needed; users could also disable them (accidentally > or not). It would be very useful to provide Bacula this ability. All > information would be centralized, you would not have to go to 50 different > clients in 10 different locations for configuration; eliminating 3rd party > additions help in establishing efficiency. Would also avoid bandwidth > congestion, especially where there is little available. > > Notes: Bacula developers have proven through this product that they have > made an outstanding job building an extremely reliable software. I think > this "upgrade" would make Bacula even better. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
