On Sun, Nov 23, 2003 at 07:46:32PM -0500, Kurt Raschke wrote:
> I've recently begun to have trouble with the Linux system that is my
> amanda server...when amdump runs, the load spikes to between 4.00 and
> 6.00, and the system becomes nearly unresponsive for the duration of
> the backup.  The server is backing up several local partitions, and
> also two partitions on remote servers.  I've tried starting amdump
> with nice and setting it to a low priority, but when gtar and gzip are
> started by amanda, the priority setting is somehow lost.  The server
> isn't even trying to back up multiple partitions in parallel, so I'm
> at a loss as to how this is happening, especially on a fairly fast
> server (dual Athlon MP 2000).
> 
> Any suggestions?

As you are using gzip, is it with the "best" or the "fast" option?
The latter uses MANY fewer cpu cycles.

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