> Yep.  Amanda gets estimates for all the DLEs at multiple incremental 
> levels, and figures out the "best" thing to do within the 
> tapelength it has.

Even to the extent of not doing any sort of backup at all on some or many
of the DLEs?  If so, how on earth does it decide which?

(If this is all documented somewhere, please tell me where and I'll stop
asking my stupid questions! :-))

Regards, Ralph.