Steven McDonald wrote:
> Hi Steven
>
> Thanks for your quick reply, but can you elaborate further but does
> this mean "set estimate to server" 
>From the man page for amanda.conf:

estimate client|calcsize|server
Default: client. Determine the way AMANDA does it’s estimate.

· client:

Use the same program as the dumping program, this is the most accurate
way to do estimates,
but it can take a long time.

· calcsize:

Use a faster program to do estimates, but the result is less accurate.

· server:

Use only statistics from the previous run to give an estimate, it takes
only a few seconds
but the result is not accurate if your disk usage changes from day to day.