Re: [Bacula-users] Huge number of files

[Martin H. <mh...@mh...>]

Kern Sibbald wrote:
> On Monday 27 March 2006 13:42, Martin Horcicka wrote:
>> is there any way to backup directory trees containing a huge number of
>> files (tens of millions) using Bacula? The catalog gets too large when it
>> contains info about every file and maintaining many catalogs doesn't seem
>> to be a good idea either.
>>
>> Is there any possibility of telling Bacula not to store info about every
>> file into the catalog? Something like FileRetention=0 maybe?
>>
>> A workaround could be to pack the whole tree into a single file and back it
>> up, but I haven't found any way to backup the output of a command directly,
>> so I have to run it as a pre-backup command and therefore have extra space
>> for the temporary packed file.
> 
> I have taken quite a bit of time to provide an index in the manual.  There are 
> actually four indexes, which complicate things but allow more precise 
> indexing.
> 
> To use the index, go to the Bacula web page; select the Development manual;
> click on Index on the top left of the page; since the Director controls the 
> catalog, click on "Director Index" at the top left of the page; scroll down 
> to "Directive, Catalog Files", click on the link (The Pool Resource) and you 
> will have your answer.

I went through the whole manual, but obviously I must have missed this option.

Thanks a lot.

Martin