From 79bbaf51ab25acd447583175ecc251298821e0da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Bollengier Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 13:31:58 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] update max bandwidth parameter documentation --- docs/manuals/en/main/newfeatures.tex | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/manuals/en/main/newfeatures.tex b/docs/manuals/en/main/newfeatures.tex index d78e4a40..406fa754 100644 --- a/docs/manuals/en/main/newfeatures.tex +++ b/docs/manuals/en/main/newfeatures.tex @@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ released at some later date, probably near the end of 2010. \section{Job Bandwidth Limitation} A new directive may be added to FileDaemon or Director resources within the -File Daemon configuration to allow users to limit the bandwidth used by a -Job on a Client. It can be set for all Jobs globally or per Directors. +File Daemon configuration to allow users to limit the bandwidth used by a Job +on a Client. It can be set for all Jobs globally or per Directors in the File +Daemon configuration, and per Job in the Director configuration file. For example: \begin{verbatim} @@ -25,6 +26,31 @@ exceed 5MB/s of throughput when sending data to the Storage Daemon. You can specify the speed parameter in k/s, kb/s, m/s, mb/s. +For example: +\begin{verbatim} +Job { + Name = locahost-data + FileSet = FS_localhost + Accurate = yes + ... + Maximum Bandwidth = 5MB/s + ... +} +\end{verbatim} + +The above example would cause job \texttt{localhost-data} to not exceed 5MB/s +of throughput when sending data to the Storage Daemon. + +A new console commande \texttt{setbandwidth} permits to set dynamically the +maximum throughput of a running Job or for future jobs of a Client. + +\begin{verbatim} +* setbandwidth limit=1000000 jobid=10 +\end{verbatim} + +The \texttt{limit} parameter is in kb/s. + +\medskip This project was funded by Bacula Systems and is available with Bacula Enterprise Edition and Community Edition. -- 2.39.5