Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Aug 2005, Graeme Humphries wrote:
> 
>>Guy Dallaire wrote:
>>
>>>Yes, thanks. I know about hard links. But how would it impact the size
>>>or performance of my backups ?
>>>
>>
>>Well, if a file is hard linked multiple times, it'll be backed up multiple
>>times. Therefor, a filesystem with tons of hard links will take a really long
>>time to back up. :)
> 
> 
> Fortunately tar is sufficiently smart to back it up only once.
> 
> Usually the problem with lots of hard links is not the data timeout value, but
> the estimate timeout value, as I found out the hard way[*].


We've been having similar problems with estimates timeing out. I just
ran the 'find' command given in an earlier email and found a grand total
of 607 hard links on the entire filesystem.

What I'm wondering is, does 607 count as 'lots' WRT amanda estimate
timeouts?