The amplot utility is new to me. Here is what it says when I attempt to run it:
root@scriptor:~# amplot /var/log/amanda/server/campus/amdump.20181106020001.debug Displaying graph on the screen, <CR> for next graph : MISSING SPACE DECLARATION "title", line 62: Cannot open script file 'title' I have both gnuplot and gawk installed on the backup server. On Tue, Nov 6, 2018 at 11:10 AM Cuttler, Brian R (HEALTH) <brian.cutt...@health.ny.gov> wrote: > > Chris, > > There is an amplot utility that I used to run a lot, it would show me what I > was constrained on, often holding space, which if you are running a bunch of > large dumps to start off with could constrain dumping later on. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-amanda-us...@amanda.org <owner-amanda-us...@amanda.org> On Behalf > Of Chris Nighswonger > Sent: Tuesday, November 6, 2018 11:02 AM > To: amanda-users@amanda.org > Subject: Re: dumporder > > ATTENTION: This email came from an external source. Do not open attachments > or click on links from unknown senders or unexpected emails. > > > On Mon, Nov 5, 2018 at 1:31 PM Chris Nighswonger > <cnighswon...@foundations.edu> wrote: > > > > Is there any wisdom available on optimization of dumporder? > > > > After looking over the feedback from Brian and Austin and reviewing the > actual sizes of the DLEs, I ended up with this sort of thing: > > inparallel 15 > dumporder "SSSSSTTTTTsssss" > > Which resulted in a reduced time over what I have been seeing. Here are some > stats from amstatus for this config. It looks like I could drop about half of > the dumpers and still be fine. Any idea what causes the dumpers over the > first five to be utilized less? > > dumper0 busy : 5:13:42 ( 97.98%) > dumper1 busy : 1:12:09 ( 22.54%) > dumper2 busy : 0:40:30 ( 12.65%) > dumper3 busy : 0:33:44 ( 10.54%) > dumper4 busy : 0:03:47 ( 1.19%) > dumper5 busy : 0:37:32 ( 11.73%) > dumper6 busy : 0:02:00 ( 0.62%) > dumper7 busy : 0:00:57 ( 0.30%) > dumper8 busy : 0:05:54 ( 1.85%) > dumper9 busy : 0:04:38 ( 1.45%) > dumper10 busy : 0:00:16 ( 0.08%) > dumper11 busy : 0:01:39 ( 0.52%) > dumper12 busy : 0:00:01 ( 0.01%) > 0 dumpers busy : 0:02:43 ( 0.85%) 0: 0:02:43 (100.00%) > 1 dumper busy : 3:39:13 ( 68.47%) 0: 3:39:13 (100.00%) > 2 dumpers busy : 0:23:10 ( 7.24%) 0: 0:23:10 (100.00%) > 3 dumpers busy : 1:07:57 ( 21.22%) 0: 1:07:57 (100.00%) > 4 dumpers busy : 0:02:09 ( 0.67%) 0: 0:02:09 ( 99.99%) > 5 dumpers busy : 0:01:07 ( 0.35%) 0: 0:01:07 ( 99.98%) > 6 dumpers busy : 0:00:03 ( 0.02%) 0: 0:00:03 ( 99.59%) > 7 dumpers busy : 0:00:43 ( 0.22%) 0: 0:00:24 ( 56.35%) > 5: 0:00:09 ( 22.36%) > 4: 0:00:08 ( 18.89%) > 1: 0:00:01 ( 2.37%) > 8 dumpers busy : 0:00:20 ( 0.10%) 0: 0:00:19 ( 96.50%) > 9 dumpers busy : 0:01:51 ( 0.58%) 0: 0:01:51 ( 99.98%) > 10 dumpers busy : 0:00:41 ( 0.22%) 0: 0:00:37 ( 89.71%) > 5: 0:00:02 ( 7.13%) > 4: 0:00:01 ( 3.09%) > 11 dumpers busy : 0:00:07 ( 0.04%) 5: 0:00:07 ( 99.54%) > 12 dumpers busy : 0:00:00 ( 0.00%) > 13 dumpers busy : 0:00:00 ( 0.00%) > > I am going to give things another week or so and then try breaking up some of > the very large DLEs in the config.
