Re: [Burp-users] File size limits
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From: Graham K. <ke...@sp...> - 2011-03-11 09:38:37
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On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 09:40:24AM +0000, Graham Keeling wrote: > On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 08:58:29AM +0000, Graham Keeling wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 08:14:24AM +0200, Israel Bravo wrote: > > > Hi, I'm trying to use burp to backup some Windows 7 system. Everything is fine, the first backup is executed, but the next time I get the following messages in the log: > > > > > > 2011-02-28 00:31:38: burp[16312] (C:\Users\vered\Documents/Outlook Files/My Outlook Data File(1).pst) > > > 2011-02-28 00:31:38: burp[16312] could not open /Backup/PC/PC_Vered/current/data/0000/0000/1ACA.gz: File too large > > > 2011-02-28 00:31:38: burp[16312] error in sigjob_stuff > > > > > > My question is - what is the max file size, how can the situation be resolved ? > > > The problem is that Outlook creates very large ".pst" file (12Gb in my example). > > > > > > Thank you for help. > > > > Hello, > > Thanks for your report. > > > > I didn't know that there was any file size limit. I have not programmed one in. > > > > Actually, I haven't yet tried to backup a file of that size. The biggest I have > > done so far is around 2GB (backing up the whole file, making a small change to > > it, then backing it up again). > > > > I know that librsync had a bug with file sizes, but I believe that I patched > > it before I built the Windows binaries. I will double check this to make > > sure. Did you perhaps compile the Windows binary yourself? > > > > I will attempt to reproduce the problem and get back to you. > > > Ah, it just occurred to me that you might be using a slightly old version of > burp, because the 'sigjob_stuff' code does not exist any more. You might > want to upgrade to burp-1.1.0. > > Also, it is the server-side stuff that is giving you a problem. The burp > server is trying to open a file from the backed up archive in order to generate > a signature for the next backup. > This suggests to me that it is a problem with the file system or the operating > system on the server. > > So, my questions are: > a) What is the server operating system / kernel version? > b) What is the server file system? > c) What is the size of /Backup/PC/PC_Vered/current/data/0000/0000/1ACA.gz? > > Thanks, > Graham. For the benefit of the list: I believe that this was a problem with the version of zlib on the burp server. I use zlib-1.2.5 and it works fine. Older versions of zlib may have issues with opening large files. I have made a note on the website FAQ. |