Hello,
 
I have a directory with which amanda experiences timeouts problems
after adding a *lot* of files and directories in it (something of the
order of 500,000). How can I increase the timeout value (and which one
is it?). I'm running Amanda 2.4.3b4-20020829 (soon to upgraded
to 2.4.4) on an O2000 with irix-6.5.

The log tells me:

FAIL dumper bullcalf /data/nihpd/nihpd1/data 20030401 1 [data timeout]
  sendbackup: start [bullcalf:/data/nihpd/nihpd1/data level 1]
  sendbackup: info BACKUP=/usr/freeware/bin/tar
  sendbackup: info RECOVER_CMD=/usr/freeware/bin/tar -f... -
  sendbackup: info end

and the debug file for sendbackup:

sendbackup: debug 1 pid 2096793 ruid 666 euid 666: start at Tue Apr  1 03:44:35 
2003
/opt/amanda/amanda1/libexec/sendbackup: version 2.4.3b4-20020829
  parsed request as: program `GNUTAR'
                     disk `/data/nihpd/nihpd1/data'
                     device `/data/nihpd/nihpd1/data'
                     level 1
                     since 2003:4:1:1:22:58
                     options 
`|;auth=bsd;index;exclude-list=.amanda-gnutar-exclude-list.txt;'
sendbackup: try_socksize: send buffer size is 65536
sendbackup: time 0.003: stream_server: waiting for connection: 0.0.0.0.16399
sendbackup: time 0.004: stream_server: waiting for connection: 0.0.0.0.16400
sendbackup: time 0.005: stream_server: waiting for connection: 0.0.0.0.16401
sendbackup: time 0.006: waiting for connect on 16399, then 16400, then 16401
sendbackup: time 0.008: stream_accept: connection from 132.206.178.5.16633
sendbackup: time 0.009: stream_accept: connection from 132.206.178.5.16634
sendbackup: time 0.010: stream_accept: connection from 132.206.178.5.16635
sendbackup: time 0.011: got all connections
sendbackup-gnutar: time 0.336: doing level 1 dump as listed-incremental from 
/opt/amanda/amanda1/var/amanda/gnutar-lists/bullcalf_data_nihpd_nihpd1_data_0 
to 
/opt/amanda/amanda1/var/amanda/gnutar-lists/bullcalf_data_nihpd_nihpd1_data_1.new
sendbackup-gnutar: time 0.426: doing level 1 dump from date: 2003-04-01  
1:22:59 GMT
sendbackup: Can't open exclude file 
'/data/nihpd/nihpd1/data/.amanda-gnutar-exclude-list.txt': Permission denied
sendbackup: time 0.542: started index creator: "/usr/freeware/bin/tar -tf - 
2>/dev/null | sed -e 's/^\.//'"
sendbackup: time 0.543: spawning /opt/amanda/amanda1/libexec/runtar in pipeline
sendbackup: argument list: gtar --create --file - --directory 
/data/nihpd/nihpd1/data --one-file-system --listed-incremental 
/opt/amanda/amanda1/var/amanda/gnutar-lists/bullcalf_data_nihpd_nihpd1_data_1.new
 --sparse --ignore-failed-read --totals --exclude-from 
/tmp/amanda/sendbackup._data_nihpd_nihpd1_data.20030401034435.exclude .
sendbackup-gnutar: time 0.546: /opt/amanda/amanda1/libexec/runtar: pid 2098589
sendbackup: time 4347.481: index tee cannot write [Broken pipe]
sendbackup: time 4347.481: pid 2094342 finish time Tue Apr  1 04:57:02 2003
sendbackup: time 4347.485: 124: strange(?): sendbackup: index tee cannot write 
[Broken pipe]

thanks,
jf