On Tue, 2 Jan 2007 00:20:57 -0800, Craig Barratt wrote > Michael writes: > > > Thinking some more on this, would it be a good feature-request for a future > > release if backuppc supported the ability to have multiple data directories > > defined instead of just the one large one? > > > > Something like: > > > > /data01/Backups > > /data02/Backups > > ... > > /datann/Backups > > > > which would allow for people to have multiples repositories available > > (partitions, nfs shares, etc). > > > > What do the authors think? > > One approach that gets you part way there is to run multiple > instances of BackupPC, each with its own hosts and stores. > > The drawback is that the CGI interface is not integrated, so each > group of hosts would have a separate web interface. As Les points > out, it would be useful to allow the CGI interface to aggregate > a view of several (likely remote) BackupPC servers. I haven't > thought much about how this might work, but this feature is on > the longer-term todo list. > > I'm not sure there is much benefit in splitting the data store, > since a significant part of each pool would be replicated across > each store. Generally the better approach is to push this below > the file system interface by using raid or lvm to expand the store > as needed, again as Les notes. >
I stay with Craig if you need have more space, you can use lvm (and reiserfs), or raid. if you want use backuppc for every 10 or 20 machines. > Craig > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ ======================================================================================= No es en los hombres, sino en las cosas mismas, donde es preciso buscar la verdad. -- Platón. (427-347 a.C.) Filósofo griego. ======================================================================================= ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
