Re: [BackupPC-users] Forcing time distribution of backups?

2013-03-13 Thread Brad Alexander
I have 15 or 16 machines, and my backup machine is a Dell PE2850 with 5 300GB drives and 4GB of RAM, so it is plenty beefy enough for my tiny network. :) --b On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 4:37 PM, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom < chr...@real-time.com> wrote: > On 03/13 04:20 , Brad Alexander wrote: > > I've

Re: [BackupPC-users] Forcing time distribution of backups?

2013-03-13 Thread Brad Alexander
You make a good and very valid point. Having said that, MaxBackups is set to 3 and MaxUserBackups are 4. I will leave it where it is, and monitor. Thanks to all respondents, --b On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 6:02 PM, wrote: > Focus on solving the issue (if any) not on the symptoms or side > effects.

Re: [BackupPC-users] Forcing time distribution of backups?

2013-03-13 Thread backuppc
Brad Alexander wrote at about 16:20:08 -0400 on Wednesday, March 13, 2013: > Hey, > I've been playing with this gant.pl script from the other thread, which > showed visual evidence of something I already knew. Most of my backups fire > within about a 30 minute period. I already knew this, as I

Re: [BackupPC-users] Forcing time distribution of backups?

2013-03-13 Thread Timothy J Massey
Koen Vermeer wrote on 03/13/2013 08:13:45 PM: > On 2013-03-13 21:20, Brad Alexander wrote: > So I'm wondering, is there a way to better force a better > distribution of backup jobs during the day? > What about setting MaxBackups to a smaller number than 4? That's what I'd do: set the MaxBackup

Re: [BackupPC-users] Forcing time distribution of backups?

2013-03-13 Thread Koen Vermeer
On 2013-03-13 21:20, Brad Alexander wrote: > So I'm wondering, is there a way to better force a better distribution of backup jobs during the day? What about setting MaxBackups to a smaller number than 4? Best, Koen --

Re: [BackupPC-users] Forcing time distribution of backups?

2013-03-13 Thread Bowie Bailey
On 3/13/2013 4:20 PM, Brad Alexander wrote: > Hey, > I've been playing with this gant.pl script from the > other thread, which showed visual evidence of something I already > knew. Most of my backups fire within about a 30 minute period. I > already knew this, as I've also seen

Re: [BackupPC-users] Forcing time distribution of backups?

2013-03-13 Thread Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom
On 03/13 04:20 , Brad Alexander wrote: > I've been playing with this gant.pl script from the other thread, which > showed visual evidence of something I already knew. Most of my backups fire > within about a 30 minute period. What is your $Conf{MaxBackups} value in config.pl? If it's the default

[BackupPC-users] Forcing time distribution of backups?

2013-03-13 Thread Brad Alexander
Hey, I've been playing with this gant.pl script from the other thread, which showed visual evidence of something I already knew. Most of my backups fire within about a 30 minute period. I already knew this, as I've also seen load average complaints out of nagios because of all of the backups runni

Re: [BackupPC-users] Best of breed.

2013-03-13 Thread Les Mikesell
On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 11:39 AM, G.W. Haywood wrote: > Hi there, > > On Thu, 7 Mar 2013 09:42:48 -0600 Les Mikesell > in thread "BackupPC Pool synchronization?" wrote: > >> ... I've always considered it to be extremely unfortunate how the >> GPL prevents assembling 'best-of-breed' components toge

Re: [BackupPC-users] Per-PC pools

2013-03-13 Thread backuppc
Holger Parplies wrote at about 15:51:19 +0100 on Wednesday, March 13, 2013: > Hi, > > backu...@kosowsky.org wrote on 2013-03-13 10:11:17 -0400 [Re: > [BackupPC-users] Per-PC pools]: > > Stephen Joyce wrote at about 07:52:11 -0400 on Wednesday, March 13, 2013: > > > I'm in a situation where

Re: [BackupPC-users] Best of breed.

2013-03-13 Thread Trey Dockendorf
On Mar 13, 2013 11:43 AM, "G.W. Haywood" wrote: > > Hi there, > > On Thu, 7 Mar 2013 09:42:48 -0600 Les Mikesell > in thread "BackupPC Pool synchronization?" wrote: > > > ... I've always considered it to be extremely unfortunate how the > > GPL prevents assembling 'best-of-breed' components togeth

[BackupPC-users] Best of breed.

2013-03-13 Thread G.W. Haywood
Hi there, On Thu, 7 Mar 2013 09:42:48 -0600 Les Mikesell in thread "BackupPC Pool synchronization?" wrote: > ... I've always considered it to be extremely unfortunate how the > GPL prevents assembling 'best-of-breed' components together for > distribution. To my shame, I'm not familiar with the

Re: [BackupPC-users] Per-PC pools

2013-03-13 Thread Les Mikesell
On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 10:02 AM, Stephen Joyce wrote: > Thank you for your input, but I've already considered your other > suggestions. > > As a reminder to other gentle readers, and to avoid further "philosophical" > tirades about my "foolish" idea, my original question posed was "Has anyone >

Re: [BackupPC-users] Per-PC pools

2013-03-13 Thread Stephen Joyce
Hi Holger, Thanks for the reply. The separate pools would be on separate raid arrays, separately funded. Many research grant funding sources have strict regulations about ensuring funds go only to support a given project, hence the separation requirement. Part of this is in an effort to cut down

Re: [BackupPC-users] Per-PC pools

2013-03-13 Thread Stephen Joyce
I never said anything about "philosophy." Those are your words and "philosophical" arguments. Thank you for your input, but I've already considered your other suggestions. As a reminder to other gentle readers, and to avoid further "philosophical" tirades about my "foolish" idea, my original ques

Re: [BackupPC-users] Per-PC pools

2013-03-13 Thread Holger Parplies
Hi, backu...@kosowsky.org wrote on 2013-03-13 10:11:17 -0400 [Re: [BackupPC-users] Per-PC pools]: > Stephen Joyce wrote at about 07:52:11 -0400 on Wednesday, March 13, 2013: > > I'm in a situation where I find myself desiring per-pc pools.[1] > > [...] > > I read what you write and come to a

Re: [BackupPC-users] Per-PC pools

2013-03-13 Thread backuppc
Stephen Joyce wrote at about 07:52:11 -0400 on Wednesday, March 13, 2013: > I'm in a situation where I find myself desiring per-pc pools.[1] > > It's been a while since I've dipped my toes into the BackupPC's code, but > I've done a bit of preliminary research into this, and think I've > iden

Re: [BackupPC-users] Per-PC pools

2013-03-13 Thread Lars Tobias Skjong-Børsting
Hi, On 3/13/13 12:52 PM, Stephen Joyce wrote: > I'm in a situation where I find myself desiring per-pc pools.[1] > [...] > The storage to backup this data is also usually funded > by individual faculty accounts (sometimes grants) and as such should be > dedicated to that faculty's PC(s). I would

Re: [BackupPC-users] Per-PC pools

2013-03-13 Thread Les Mikesell
On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 6:52 AM, Stephen Joyce wrote: > I'm in a situation where I find myself desiring per-pc pools.[1] > > It's been a while since I've dipped my toes into the BackupPC's code, but > I've done a bit of preliminary research into this, and think I've identified > the places where c

[BackupPC-users] Per-PC pools

2013-03-13 Thread Stephen Joyce
I'm in a situation where I find myself desiring per-pc pools.[1] It's been a while since I've dipped my toes into the BackupPC's code, but I've done a bit of preliminary research into this, and think I've identified the places where changes would need to be made to allow the pool or cpool to be ov