Craig Barratt writes:
>
> The challenge is that I think it is difficult to describe this
> behavior with a config parameter, and implementing it would be
> quite difficult. One issue: do you want all machines spread
> evenly over 7 days, or do you want more of them lumped in the
> evenings or weekends? How would you concisely specify that?
> Another issue: if you add a new machine then it should be
> backed up ASAP. So it would only be subject to resheduling
> once it had some backups. I need to think about this some
> more.
I think two paramerters would be sufficient.
$Conf{BalanceFullBackups} = 1; # Turn balancing on or off
$Conf{BalancePeriod} = 7; # Number of days to balance over
I'll have to give the sorting algorithm some more thought.
Dan
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