> I particularly do not like the idea of having separate volumes of the same > media > type into two different mount points, but I know people that are configuring > this way. So I decided to do some tests and see what really was happening. No > issues. Instead I prefer the LVM solution. The point is to make sure severall disks are being write at the same time (load balance) and more resiliency since a dead LVM is a terrible situation. But I kind of agree with you: I don't know why to use different Media Types for compatible media.
Regards, ======================================================================= Heitor Medrado de Faria - LPIC-III | ITIL-F | Bacula Systems Certified Administrator II 15 a 26 de junho: Treinamento Telepresencial Bacula: http://www.bacula.com.br/?p=2174 61 8268-4220 Site: www.bacula.com.br | Facebook: heitor.faria | Gtalk: heitorfa...@gmail.com ======================================================================== > On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 2:12 PM, Bryn Hughes < li...@nashira.ca > wrote: >> Do you have some specific reason to need to have these two volumes separate? >> You might be best off using LVM to create a single logical drive. That >> would certainly be a more flexible solution long term. >> Bryn >> On 2015-05-20 09:32 AM, SPQR wrote: >> > I would like to set up bacula - well, my first steps have been successful. >>> All my backups are written to /bacula/backup. But / has only 900GB. So I >>> want >>> bacula to write to /sdb1/bacula/backup, too. /sdb1 has another 950GB of >>> space. >> > The sum of available backup-space should be 1850GB HDD: >> > Well, I got the following config of /etc/bacula/bacula-sd.conf: >> >> Storage { # definition of myself >> >> Name = backup-sd >> >> SDPort = 9103 # Director's port >> >> WorkingDirectory = "/var/lib/bacula" >> >> Pid Directory = "/var/run/bacula" >> >> Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 20 >> >> SDAddress = backup.example.com >> >> } >> >> Director { >> >> Name = backup-dir >> >> Password = "doyoureallywanttoknow" >> >> } >> >> Device { >> >> Name = FileStorage >> >> Media Type = File >> >> Archive Device = /bacula/backup >> >> LabelMedia = yes; # lets Bacula label unlabeled media >> >> Random Access = Yes; >> >> AutomaticMount = yes; # when device opened, read it >> >> RemovableMedia = no; >> >> AlwaysOpen = no; >> >> } >>> Okay - now I would like to add another device. I guess I could just add a >>> second >> > entry like this: >> >> Device { >> >> Name = FileStorage >> >> Media Type = File >> >> Archive Device = /sdb1/bacula/backup >> >> LabelMedia = yes; # lets Bacula label unlabeled media >> >> Random Access = Yes; >> >> AutomaticMount = yes; # when device opened, read it >> >> RemovableMedia = no; >> >> AlwaysOpen = no; >> >> } >> > ? >>> Do I have to change something else so that bacula is able to write more than >> > 900GB - if the first 900GB are "full" it should switch to the second hdd. >> > Thank you very much :-) >> > +---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > |This was sent by r...@ehrenwert.it via Backup Central. >> > |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com . >> > +---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Bacula-users mailing list >> > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> _______________________________________________ >> Bacula-users mailing list >> Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
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