Brian Cuttler wrote:

Unfortunately my amanda run didn't run any more quickly.

Now you'll have to find out where the bottleneck is.
in the ~amanda directory, there is a directory with the same name
as the config, and in it you find files named "amdump.xx".

Look at the last one (amdump.1), and locate the lines starting with:

 driver: state ...

These lines end in a string indicating why driver was not able
to add more concurrency, like:

  ... driver-idle: client-constraint
  ... driver-idle: no-dumpers
  ... driver-idle: no-diskspace
etc, or even:
  ... driver-idle: not-idle
 :-)

You may send me the file to analyze if you like .

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