[p4] Reducing the size of Perforce data.

[Jeff A. Bowles]

The cheat I always liked is "copy to a file server, let the
backup software back THAT up."   It makes little-things
easy to retrieve quickly, and there are ways to keep the
intermediate area very close-to-live. (Using jrep-of-journal
and rsync-of-depot-tree every N minutes, for example.)

  -Jeff Bowles

On 5/24/07, Robert Cowham <robert at vaccaperna.co.uk> wrote:
> >       Talking of the backup time, it takes around 3 hours for
> > a complete Perforce backup to a tape. So a restoration
> > according to my backup admin will nearly take double the
> > time. Something I should be worried of. :(
>
> The key thing is that you are aware of the problem - then you can make an
> explicit choice from a position of knowledge rather than have a nasty
> surprise at a point of extreme stress (when the server dies!).
>
> Management also needs to be involved and make the appropriate risk/reward
> decision on spending for appropriate resources.
>
> You do not want management to blame you for not telling them of all the
> options and the implications if/when something bad happens!
>
> Personally I would be worried and looking to change it!
>
> Robert
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