Re: [Evolution] Evolution backups: is there a max size of the evolution-backup-20171231.tar.gz file

[andré <andr55 laposte net>]

Le 2018-01-01 à 16:37, glenn a écrit :
> It is 3.20.5-4-4-x86_64. It is default w/openSuse 42.3 which is the
> current release that I'm using.
>
> I'd been anticipating a greater increase in size of the produced
> backups than what I've been getting. Nothing seems missing or corrupted
> in the backups that I've unpacked and checked. Thanks.

You could be limited by the filesystem where the backup is stored.
(e.g. ext3, ext4, xfs, vfat, ntfs, etc.  Most variable according to the 
block size used in the particular partition.
Unsure of the various limits offhand, but ext4 is more than 1 To.
If the backup is stored in a single file, there is also a limit on file 
size according to the OS (e.g. linux 32 or 64 bit, etc)

BTW, please **don't top post** to a list.  It makes it very difficult 
for everyone to follow the various responses.

> On Mon, 2018-01-01 at 10:39 +0000, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > On Sun, 2017-12-31 at 17:44 -0900, glenn wrote:
> > > v3.20.5
> > > Backups are every 3 or 4 months to capture emails + attachments.
> > > So, I
> > > gather that there are no file size or segmentation issues that
> > > would
> > > limit the size of produced evolution-backup.tar.gz files? Thanks.
> >
> > [Please don't top-post on the list]
> >
> > Is this by any chance a 32-bit installation? That's the only reason I
> > can think of for a size limit on files, but IIRC 3.20 already fixed
> > that. Note that 3.20 is still quite old. The current version is 3.26
> > so
> > you're about 3 years out of date. It's definitely worth upgrading if
> > you can.
> >
> > poc


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André