On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, Steve Barber wrote: > I've seen some interesting comments in this thread so far, but none > seem to discuss our concerns: We have a fairly large installation, > and due to the file-per-message nature this makes for millions of > small files which can wreak havoc on a backup system. We're using > VXFS on Solaris, but are using a homegrown hodgepodge of stuff > to get reasonable backup performance, and our trust in this solution > is not terribly high. I'm curious how others have addressed the > situation? We have not even attempted to set TSM or any other > commercial backup software loose on the mail server yet because of the > incredible index requirements. > > Is anyone successfully implementing any sort of incremental backup > solution in a large production environment?
You might want to look at Veritas NetBackup. They have a thing called FlashBackup that does raw device backups but still lets you do per-file restores. It's specifically for filesystems with lots of small files. Thanks, Dave -- Dave McMurtrie, Systems Programmer University of Pittsburgh Computing Services and Systems Development, Development Services -- UNIX and VMS Services 717P Cathedral of Learning (412)-624-6413
