On Thu, Sep 19, 2002 at 08:52:31AM -0400, Jason Greenberg wrote:
> I cron schedule my amanda dump for 12:45 am, but it doesn't complete
> until about 9:00am.  If I look at my switch graphs, the data transfer
> only takes about 1 hour.  What is it doing the rest of the time???

Writing to the tape.  Amanda collects data to the holding disk as
quickly as she can (within the limits of bandwidth usage specified
in the configuration) and stores it until the tape is ready for it.
Tapes are a lot slower than modern networks.