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Re: Delaying tape flushing ?

2006-05-01 12:24:23
Subject: Re: Delaying tape flushing ?
From: "Guy Dallaire" <clepeterd AT gmail DOT com>
To: "Paul Bijnens" <paul.bijnens AT xplanation DOT com>
Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 11:01:52 -0400


2006/5/1, Paul Bijnens <paul.bijnens AT xplanation DOT com>:
On 2006-05-01 16:20, Guy Dallaire wrote:
> Is there a way to tell amanda to wait until x% of the backups have been
> dumped on the holding disk before it starts to put the files to tape ?

Not implemented (yet?).


>
> Right now, my tape drive seems to start/stop often and I don't think
> it's good for the tapes/the motors/the performance.


You can work around it a little bit by changing the dumporder to:

dumperorder "SSSSSSSS"  # as many as inparallel parameter
 
OK thanks
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