I've been using ssh-auth since the earliest days of 2.5.  Yes, the
dumps themselves go through the ssh tunnel.  I have not noticed any
appreciable increase in backup time, at least on our system, which has
over 400 DLEs.  (I'm not sure why the number of DLEs would be
relevant, really.)

Ralf Auer <Ralf.Auer AT physik.uni-erlangen DOT de> writes:

> Hi all,
> 
>       I am just upgrading my Amanda from 2.4.5 to 2.5.1p1 (2.5.2p1 does not
> compile at all). I am very happy about the new 'ssh-auth' feature in
> 2.5. It works now in my test setup (only 2 DLEs).
> 
> The question I have now, is, wether ssh is used ONLY for authentication,
> or if ALL dumps as well are now being done via ssh tunnel?
> 
> Maybe you could answer that question, because in the latter case I would
> expect quite an increase of backup time when switching over to 150 DLE
> production setup.
> 
> 
> Thanks for your help,
>       Ralf
> 
> 
> 

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