Hi, Michael ,

on Donnerstag, 14. April 2005 at 00:13 you wrote to amanda-users:

>> This release brings so-called server-estimates which reduce
>> estimate-times radically.

ML> What is this?  server estimates?  URL would be fine....

No URL to point to so far.

Server estimates are based on statistics from former runs of amdump,
there is no actual process searching through the DLE each time,
collecting info.

Server estimates are much faster than the default client estimates,
but also less accurate. They make sense on big and static DLEs, where
the client estimates take very long time and give unsurprising results
...

You can set the type of estimate by DLE, the default is to use client
estimates.

>> 2.4.5 is soon to come, snapshots of 2.4.5b1 are already available and
>> working stable.

ML> 2.4.5 servers/clients going to interoperate or no?

Yes. But no client-estimate-activity when server-estimates are used.
-- 
best regards,
Stefan

Stefan G. Weichinger
mailto:monitor AT oops.co DOT at