On Sun, 2005-09-25 at 20:49, Craig Barratt wrote: > > > > It would be really nice to have the full backups spread out > > automatically. > > Good idea. I'll add it to the todo list. > > The challenge is that I think it is difficult to describe this > behavior with a config parameter, and implementing it would be > quite difficult.
Amanda goes to a lot of trouble running estimates on all the targets and still doesn't always get it right. > One simple approach is to dither the full backup times by some > random amount. The resulting random walk would spread the times > out after a couple of weeks. But I think that would annoy the > typical admin or user. How about only doing this after a case where the backups don't complete, then trying to (a) be sure that the missed machines go first at the next non-blackout period and (b) skewing one or more of the machines with fulls in the run that didn't fit so the next full moves up or back a day. -- Les Mikesell [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. Download it for free - -and be entered to win a 42" plasma tv or your very own Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
