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Re: Backup order

2004-08-26 12:18:19
Subject: Re: Backup order
From: Robert Tilden <rntilden AT lotus.phys.nwu DOT edu>
To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 11:15:08 -0500
Hi,

Thanks for the tips. Usually My average -compressed- backup size is ~100Gb per night and takes ~6 hours. I start at ~0100, so backups are usually done before 0700. The nights where the backup extends a few hours longer is when it's backing up some shares on older Windows machines.

-B

At 10:39 AM 8/26/2004, Paul Bijnens wrote:
Robert Tilden wrote:

Is there any way to specify the order machines are backed up in? I'd like to back up laptops first in the process so that if the backups extend into the business day the laptops don't disappear before being backed up.

I forgot one thing:
you can postpone some of the servers using the dumptype option
"starttime".  If you set those on all but the laptops, then
you can hope that the laptops have started their backups before
the others.

If backups really extend into the business day, you should find
out where the bottlenecks are in the config.
Use "amplot" for this.
Tip: a very large holdingdisk really helps a lot.

--
Paul Bijnens, Xplanation

Bob Tilden, rntilden AT lotus.phys.northwestern DOT edu
High Energy Physics Group
Northwestern University

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