On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 11:13:55AM -0600, Michael Loftis enlightened us:
> There was someone who had posted here or to hackers an AMANDA estimate 
> disabler tweak or patch.  I was wondering where this is.
> 

Since 2.4.5b1 there are a couple of options for estimates in your dumptype:

* new 'estimate' dumptype option to select estimate type:
    CLIENT: estimate by the dumping program.
    CALCSIZE: estimate by the calcsize program, a lot faster but less acurate.
    SERVER: estimate based on statistic from previous run, take second but
            can be wrong on the estimate size.

I use CALCSIZE on my slow clients.

Matt

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Matt Hyclak
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