On Wed, 26 Feb 2003 at 10:33am, Ralph Bearpark wrote

> > Not that I know of, but in the 2.4.4 ReleaseNotes it says 
> > that it tries to 
> > reduce the number of level 0s per host each night.
> 
> I guess that *might* help.  I could probably get it down to 
> a full backup every week.  Would I just need 2.4.4 on the 
> server?  Or the clients too?

Just on the server -- that's the job of planner.

> > If you want amanda to use less disk space, crank down your 
> > 'tapelength'.  
> > Since you're using diskless backup, you can define whatever 
> > size "tapes" 
> > you want.
> 
> True, but I have 18GB over 30 tapes.  So, to be completely 
> safe from Amanda filling the disk with unnecessary full 
> backups, I'd have to set the tapelength to 600MB, which, 
> unfortunately, wouldn't be enough for any single client full 
> backup.

Single *client* or single *disk*?  Remember, you can always split up your 
filesystems into multiple disklist entries using tar.  Then you could 
reduce your tapelength to have *just enough* to fit everything once.

-- 
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University