Zitat von Dimitrij Hilt <dimitrij.h...@fhe3.com>: > Am 03.12.2012 02:21, schrieb Dan Langille: >> On Dec 2, 2012, at 6:40 PM, Dimitrij Hilt wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi there, >>> >>> i have bacula system on debian squeeze with packages from back ports. >> >> What version of Bacula are you running? > Version: 5.2.6 (both DIR and SD) comming from Debian backports package > 5.2.6+dfsg-1~bpo60+1. >> >>> I >>> use file based backups and i'm wondering why tape files are created as >>> sparse file: > du --block-size 1 file-0399 >>> 134742016 file-0399 > du --bytes file-0399 >>> 70112117 file-0399 >> >> What does the above represent? What command did you issue? >> >>> Any idea how i can avoid it? It waste to much disc space. >> >> >> Not yet. I don't know what I'm looking at. :) > > Thanks. > > Once more. If i copy this file localy and back, it shrinks to normal > size and both 'du' are same. Restore from shrinked file is still possible.
Not sure but from my knowledge Bacula does not delete/truncate files by default when they are reused but simply overwrite them. You could try "Action On Purge = Truncate" to "shrink" the files before reuse. Regards Andreas ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep yourself connected to Go Parallel: BUILD Helping you discover the best ways to construct your parallel projects. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
