Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 12:03:26 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: Jason Lixfeld <jason+lists.freebsd-questions@lixfeld.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Backup advice Message-ID: <20070524160326.GE4322@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <A9F21792-CC58-47F5-BE7C-775F31552897@lixfeld.ca> References: <28E0DBBA-BB24-4D6B-AE65-07EB5254025C@lixfeld.ca> <23E233D0-EBD1-4779-8334-8124031CDD64@lafn.org> <C8C214C7-A11A-489E-83C1-0C81EB3564C8@lixfeld.ca> <BB43EF6A-F00C-40F0-9B8C-E4B6BF0C140D@lafn.org> <031D3633-5CE3-4962-961A-F879C3CF1949@lixfeld.ca> <200705240716.l4O7GUAh042454@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> <A9F21792-CC58-47F5-BE7C-775F31552897@lixfeld.ca>
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On Thu, May 24, 2007 at 03:20:28AM -0400, Jason Lixfeld wrote: > > On 24-May-07, at 3:16 AM, Olivier Nicole wrote: > > >>2 x system space would be enough for a full dump plus plenty of > >>increments, I'd say. No? Is there a rule of thumb? 3x? 4x? > > > >That depends how much your file system change. If every ficle change > >befor the incremental run, dump 1 will be equal to dump 2, and 2x will > >be enough for just dump0 and dump 1. > > > >There is no rule. > > How would one go about gauging their system for the number of file > system changes to determine a suitable amount of backup space? To some extent, you must know how you use the system. After that, it is just a matter of experience with that system. After you have done this dump cycle a few times you will begin to see a pattern. ////jerry > > >Olivier > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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