Re: [Bacula-users] Write ordering?
Phil Stracchino wrote: > If that's a backup of a single host, that sounds ... bizarre. The only > explanation I can think of is that there's a directory tree sitting in > somewhere between those seven files in the directory, that contains a > vast quantity of data. If you look at your filesystem, could this be > the case? My initial post was inaccurate. I restored a single directory which contained 5 files: 4 x 67kB, 1 x 1.9GB - no directories. The report states that that 7 files were expected and 7 restored, so I guess this includes a couple of parent directories. Regards, Richard -- SOLARIS 10 is the OS for Data Centers - provides features such as DTrace, Predictive Self Healing and Award Winning ZFS. Get Solaris 10 NOW http://p.sf.net/sfu/solaris-dev2dev ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Write ordering?
On 02/11/10 14:04, Richard Scobie wrote: > I am just testing bacula prior to deployment and restored 7 files from > one directory from a backup of 3TB. > > This backup is stored on 3 LTO4 volumes and in order to restore these 7 > files, it read from the first and third LTO4 volumes, when I would have > expected them to all be adjacent to one another. > > Is this a deliberate policy to spread data across tapes or a reflection > of the FS layout of the data being backed up? If that's a backup of a single host, that sounds ... bizarre. The only explanation I can think of is that there's a directory tree sitting in somewhere between those seven files in the directory, that contains a vast quantity of data. If you look at your filesystem, could this be the case? -- Phil Stracchino, CDK#2 DoD#299792458 ICBM: 43.5607, -71.355 ala...@caerllewys.net ala...@metrocast.net p...@co.ordinate.org Renaissance Man, Unix ronin, Perl hacker, Free Stater It's not the years, it's the mileage. -- SOLARIS 10 is the OS for Data Centers - provides features such as DTrace, Predictive Self Healing and Award Winning ZFS. Get Solaris 10 NOW http://p.sf.net/sfu/solaris-dev2dev ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Write ordering?
> This backup is stored on 3 LTO4 volumes and in order to restore these 7 > files, it read from the first and third LTO4 volumes, when I would have > expected them to all be adjacent to one another. > > Is this a deliberate policy to spread data across tapes or a reflection > of the FS layout of the data being backed up? > There is no deliberate policy of spreading data across multiple tapes. It is more a function of FS order and concurrent jobs. John -- SOLARIS 10 is the OS for Data Centers - provides features such as DTrace, Predictive Self Healing and Award Winning ZFS. Get Solaris 10 NOW http://p.sf.net/sfu/solaris-dev2dev ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] Write ordering?
I am just testing bacula prior to deployment and restored 7 files from one directory from a backup of 3TB. This backup is stored on 3 LTO4 volumes and in order to restore these 7 files, it read from the first and third LTO4 volumes, when I would have expected them to all be adjacent to one another. Is this a deliberate policy to spread data across tapes or a reflection of the FS layout of the data being backed up? Regards, Richard -- SOLARIS 10 is the OS for Data Centers - provides features such as DTrace, Predictive Self Healing and Award Winning ZFS. Get Solaris 10 NOW http://p.sf.net/sfu/solaris-dev2dev ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
