On 27 Nov 2000, Jens Bech Madsen wrote:

> Eric Wadsworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 
> > Here's a line from my amstatus results:
> > 
> > xxx:/usr/abc_share      0  210835k dumping  406944k (193.02%)
> > 
> > What does this mean? I thought 100% was sort of a maximum...
> > 
> > --- Eric
> It just means there were more data to backup than amanda expected. Or
> that the data didn't compress as much as expected.

I think the former rather than the latter.  The times I've seen this,
more data was added to the filesystem after the estimates were run.
This line, if memory serves, says the estimate was 210835k, and so far
you've dumped 406944k.

-Mitch

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