RE: [cobalt-users] raq backup - 2 gig file size limit ??

["Jolley, Carl" <Carl.Jolley@xxxxxxx>]

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From: jale@xxxxxxxxxx 
Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 2:25 PM
To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [cobalt-users] raq backup - 2 gig file size limit ??


Hello out there in TV land,

I have a RAQ 3i that I backup with the built in RAQ backup program; the 
file gets ftp'd to another server sitting next to the RAQ machine. The file 
is always the same size at around 2gig. I believe that 2 gig is the max 
size of any file ... so, am I possibly not getting a complete backup? That 
is, am I just getting the 1st 2gig of it and possibly missing the rest?

Any solution other than spending way too much money on a backup system and 
software? My other server works as a great backup for me, I'd like to 
continue to use this method.

I would take the time to set up each site to do its own backup, but that 
can't be scheduled that I've seen; I would have to do each individually and 
then the server's admin/setup stuff.
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Unless you've specially patched up your kernel 2gig is the maximum size of a
file. First check out whether or not the backup file is corrupt. If you
can't extract the last file or set of file you think you backed up, you
probably are running into the @gig limit. However, you don't have to create
one
backup for each site but you will need to create multiple files so that none
of
them exceeds the 2gig limit. Try creating two files, the first X sites
and then X+1-end sites for the second one. The value of X depends on how big
each site is. A du command can probably help you out.