Re: [BackupPC-users] missing rdev on device...

2008-12-22 Thread dan
I must say Glassfox, I have never seen Holger get upset with someone on-list like this. Please change your post methods for our sake. On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 6:53 PM, Holger Parplies wrote: > Hi Glassfox, > > since you're ignoring off-list requests to stop posting to this *mailing > list* > via

Re: [BackupPC-users] backuppc 3.0.0: another xfs problem?

2008-12-22 Thread thomathom
How dangerous is it to run xfs without write barriers? On 12/22/08, Chris Robertson wrote: > dan wrote: >> I guess that updatedb thing reinforces my arguement about not seeing >> any mixed load tests. ext3 handles these situations pretty good, >> maybe XFS does not... > > Write barriers really h

Re: [BackupPC-users] First user problems

2008-12-22 Thread Holger Parplies
Hi, Les Mikesell wrote on 2008-12-22 11:53:05 -0600 [Re: [BackupPC-users] First user problems]: > Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote: > > On 12/20 04:29 , cantthinkofanickname wrote: > >> But if I do that do I now have to go round to every Windows PC I need to > >> backup and install something. I thou

Re: [BackupPC-users] missing rdev on device...

2008-12-22 Thread Holger Parplies
Hi Glassfox, since you're ignoring off-list requests to stop posting to this *mailing list* via "Backup Central", let me explain to you on-list, that this is a MAILING LIST (shouting intended), and that you are making an utter fool of yourself by repeatedly generating messages containing Glassfox

Re: [BackupPC-users] backuppc 3.0.0: another xfs problem?

2008-12-22 Thread dan
I'm pretty excited (as exited as one gets about filesystems) with the nexgen filesystems that are progressing. btfs looks to be a very good concept and I hope that translated to a very good filesystem. Im glad to hear that reiserfs4 is continuing, though I think they may want to change the name a

Re: [BackupPC-users] OK but why?

2008-12-22 Thread dan
Though I prefer rsync for all clients including windows clients, it should be said that SMB has far less CPU overhead than rsync and in some circumstances will be many many times faster. That CPU overhead can add more seconds than it takes to transfer the whole file. There are many other benefits

[BackupPC-users] Announcing BackupPC Community v3.1.1

2008-12-22 Thread Paul Mantz
Hello everyone, We'd like to announce the release of BackupPC Community Edition v3.1.1. We've decided to make a release that includes patches that the community has provided in addition to other bug fixes. The packages and source tar ball is available at http://www.zmanda.com/download-backuppc.

Re: [BackupPC-users] backuppc 3.0.0: another xfs problem?

2008-12-22 Thread Chris Robertson
dan wrote: > I guess that updatedb thing reinforces my arguement about not seeing > any mixed load tests. ext3 handles these situations pretty good, > maybe XFS does not... Write barriers really harmed XFS performance on my setup (16 Seagate ES.2 spindles attached to an Adaptec 51645 utilizin

[BackupPC-users] missing rdev on device...

2008-12-22 Thread Glassfox
This is an edited version of a previous post Hi folks, I tried a complete restore on my localhost (which also runs BackupPC) today and got a lot of error messages like this: "2008-12-22 21:54:23 localhost: File::RsyncP::FileList::encode: missing rdev on device file dev/initctl" Any i

[BackupPC-users] missing rdev on device...

2008-12-22 Thread Glassfox
Hi folks, I tried a complete restore on my localhost (which also runs BackupPC) today and got a lot of error messages like this: "2008-12-22 21:54:23 localhost: File::RsyncP::FileList::encode: missing rdev on device file dev/initctl" Any idea what's wrong here? I have Ubuntu system and write

Re: [BackupPC-users] Client initiated backups, input wanted

2008-12-22 Thread Johan Ehnberg
Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote: > On 12/21 10:35 , Johan Ehnberg wrote: >> Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote: >>> Johan Ehnberg wrote at about 16:54:48 +0200 on Friday, December 19, 2008: >>> It is in 3.1.0 at least - I use it all the time. >> Can you tell me how you got it? Which package are you using? Or

Re: [BackupPC-users] First user problems

2008-12-22 Thread Les Mikesell
Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote: > On 12/20 04:29 , cantthinkofanickname wrote: >> But if I do that do I now have to go round to every Windows PC I need to >> backup and install something. I thought the idea of SMB was to avoid that >> stage. Maybe I'm wrong here? >> >> Any particular reason that I s

Re: [BackupPC-users] OK but why?

2008-12-22 Thread tmassey
cantthinkofanickname wrote on 12/20/2008 04:15:35 AM: > But if I do that do I now have to go round to every Windows PC I > need to backup and install something. I thought the idea of SMB was > to avoid that stage. Maybe I'm wrong here? > > Any particular reason that I should abandon SMB? Myr

Re: [BackupPC-users] Client initiated backups, input wanted

2008-12-22 Thread Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom
On 12/21 10:35 , Johan Ehnberg wrote: > Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote: > > Johan Ehnberg wrote at about 16:54:48 +0200 on Friday, December 19, 2008: > > It is in 3.1.0 at least - I use it all the time. > Can you tell me how you got it? Which package are you using? Or vanilla > install from sf.net? I'd

Re: [BackupPC-users] First user problems

2008-12-22 Thread Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom
On 12/20 04:29 , cantthinkofanickname wrote: > But if I do that do I now have to go round to every Windows PC I need to > backup and install something. I thought the idea of SMB was to avoid that > stage. Maybe I'm wrong here? > > Any particular reason that I should abandon SMB? Because rsync onl

Re: [BackupPC-users] Client initiated backups, input wanted

2008-12-22 Thread Holger Parplies
Hi, Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote on 2008-12-21 22:50:46 -0500 [Re: [BackupPC-users] Client initiated backups, input wanted]: > Johan Ehnberg wrote at about 22:35:19 +0200 on Sunday, December 21, 2008: > > Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote: > > > Johan Ehnberg wrote at about 16:54:48 +0200 on Friday, Decem