Re: Question about backup cycle

2015-05-17 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Sun, May 17, 2015 at 03:58:07PM -0700, Alan Murrell wrote: > Thanks for the reply, Jon. > > On 05/17/2015 03:48 PM, Jon LaBadie wrote: > > No a single DLE can not be balanced. Amanda does its balancing by > > adjusting dump levels of DLEs. If a dump estimate is lower than > > "average" size, am

Re: Question about backup cycle

2015-05-17 Thread Alan Murrell
Thanks for the reply, Jon. On 05/17/2015 03:48 PM, Jon LaBadie wrote: > No a single DLE can not be balanced. Amanda does its balancing by > adjusting dump levels of DLEs. If a dump estimate is lower than > "average" size, amanda may promote (do earlier than required) That is what I figured, but w

Re: Question about backup cycle

2015-05-17 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Sun, May 17, 2015 at 02:54:11PM -0700, Alan Murrell wrote: > I am looking at Amanda, and I have a question about Amanda's ability to > "distribute" out the backups over the course of a cycle to make each > backup about the same size. I am just wonder if it will do this even for > one directory.

Question about backup cycle

2015-05-17 Thread Alan Murrell
I am looking at Amanda, and I have a question about Amanda's ability to "distribute" out the backups over the course of a cycle to make each backup about the same size. I am just wonder if it will do this even for one directory. For example, let's say I setup a backup dump with a dumpcycle of "4"