Re: [Bacula-users] [Bacula-devel] Idea/suggestion for dedicated disk-based sd

2010-05-31 Thread Anatoly Pugachev
Here's a quick patch to src/console/console.c with implementation to "-e" command line switch to bconsole. http://snap.co.ru/~mator/one-command-console.c.patch On 25.05.2010 / 10:33:27 -0400, Morty Abzug wrote: > On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 05:13:36PM +0400, Anatoly Pugachev wrote: > > On 04.05.2010

Re: [Bacula-users] [Bacula-devel] Idea/suggestion for dedicated disk-based sd

2010-05-16 Thread Kern Sibbald
On Tuesday 04 May 2010 10:45:16 Craig Ringer wrote: > On 4/05/2010 11:45 AM, Morty Abzug wrote: > > file dedup (rather than block dedup) could mostly be handled at the > > catalog level with another level of indirection. I.e. instead of a > > catalog entry containing file metadata and where the fi

Re: [Bacula-users] [Bacula-devel] Idea/suggestion for dedicated disk-based sd

2010-05-04 Thread Morty Abzug
On Tue, May 04, 2010 at 04:45:16PM +0800, Craig Ringer wrote: > On 4/05/2010 11:45 AM, Morty Abzug wrote: > >> file dedup (rather than block dedup) could mostly be handled at the >> catalog level with another level of indirection. I.e. instead of a >> catalog entry containing file metadata and whe

Re: [Bacula-users] [Bacula-devel] Idea/suggestion for dedicated disk-based sd

2010-05-04 Thread Craig Ringer
On 4/05/2010 11:45 AM, Morty Abzug wrote: > file dedup (rather than block dedup) could mostly be handled at the > catalog level with another level of indirection. I.e. instead of a > catalog entry containing file metadata and where the file lives on > media, it would contain file metadata and a f

Re: [Bacula-users] [Bacula-devel] Idea/suggestion for dedicated disk-based sd

2010-05-03 Thread Morty Abzug
On Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 08:39:04AM +0200, Kern Sibbald wrote: > However, from what I see, this is basically similar to what BackuPC > does. The big problem I have with it is that it does not scale well > to thousands of machines. file dedup (rather than block dedup) could mostly be handled at th

Re: [Bacula-users] [Bacula-devel] Idea/suggestion for dedicated disk-based sd

2010-04-08 Thread Richard Scobie
Gary R. Schmidt wrote: > And using the 64-bit XFS will also better[1] than the standard 32-bit XFS. That would be using the "inode64" mount option. Regards, Richard -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new s

Re: [Bacula-users] [Bacula-devel] Idea/suggestion for dedicated disk-based sd

2010-04-08 Thread Gary R. Schmidt
On Fri, April 9, 2010 05:09, Richard Scobie wrote: [snip] > You may find the XFS mount directive, "filestreams" of benefit here. And using the 64-bit XFS will also better[1] than the standard 32-bit XFS. Or the hybrid 32-bit XFS using 64-bit layout rules. (Damn, I only left SGI at the end of 200

Re: [Bacula-users] [Bacula-devel] Idea/suggestion for dedicated disk-based sd

2010-04-08 Thread Richard Scobie
Craig Ringer wrote: > I'm interested in ext3, ext4 and xfs. I should probably look at zfs too, > but don't have any hosts that it runs on usefully and don't really have > any personal interest in it. You may find the XFS mount directive, "filestreams" of benefit here. There is not much documenta

Re: [Bacula-users] [Bacula-devel] Idea/suggestion for dedicated disk-based sd

2010-04-08 Thread Phil Stracchino
On 04/08/10 09:13, Craig Ringer wrote: > Phil Stracchino wrote: >> I'll be interested to see those results. Which filesystems are you testing? > > I'm interested in ext3, ext4 and xfs. I should probably look at zfs too, > but don't have any hosts that it runs on usefully and don't really have > a

Re: [Bacula-users] [Bacula-devel] Idea/suggestion for dedicated disk-based sd

2010-04-08 Thread Robert LeBlanc
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 12:39 AM, Kern Sibbald wrote: > Hello, > > I haven't seen the original messages, so I am not sure if I understand the > full concept here so my remarks may not be pertinent. > > However, from what I see, this is basically similar to what BackuPC does.  The > big problem I ha

Re: [Bacula-users] [Bacula-devel] Idea/suggestion for dedicated disk-based sd

2010-04-08 Thread Craig Ringer
Phil Stracchino wrote: > On 04/08/10 03:53, Craig Ringer wrote: >> BTW, When I suggested that greater write concurrency would be desirable >> and should be easier, Phil Stracchino raised some concerns about >> concurrent writes to a file system increasing fragmentation and hurting >> overall perfor

Re: [Bacula-users] [Bacula-devel] Idea/suggestion for dedicated disk-based sd

2010-04-08 Thread Phil Stracchino
On 04/08/10 03:53, Craig Ringer wrote: > BTW, When I suggested that greater write concurrency would be desirable > and should be easier, Phil Stracchino raised some concerns about > concurrent writes to a file system increasing fragmentation and hurting > overall performance. Rather than just wave

Re: [Bacula-users] [Bacula-devel] Idea/suggestion for dedicated disk-based sd

2010-04-08 Thread Craig Ringer
Kern Sibbald wrote: > Hello, > > I haven't seen the original messages, so I am not sure if I understand the > full concept here so my remarks may not be pertinent. Personally I wasn't suggesting a format change - I'm pretty happy with the fake-tape volumes for on-disk storage (though I wish be

Re: [Bacula-users] [Bacula-devel] Idea/suggestion for dedicated disk-based sd

2010-04-07 Thread Kern Sibbald
Hello, I haven't seen the original messages, so I am not sure if I understand the full concept here so my remarks may not be pertinent. However, from what I see, this is basically similar to what BackuPC does. The big problem I have with it is that it does not scale well to thousands of mac