* Ron Stanonik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 08:45:15AM -0700)
> Can amanda be configured to limit the incremental level?
> I almost always have a few level 2's and often a level 3.
> I'd like to never see anything higher than level 1. Why?
> Restoring is simpler.
>
> My previous configuration was
>
> dumpcycle 7 days
> runspercycle 5
> typecycle 30 tapes
>
> Which produced level 0 and 1, and an occasional level 2.
> As the number of systems increased, amanda began having
> problems fitting everything, so, I lengthened the cycle
>
> dumpcycle 12 days
> runspercycle 8
> typecycle 30 tapes
>
> Which produces level 0 and 1, almost always some level 2,
> and often a level 3.
>
> So, too short a cycle and amanda can't fit everything,
> but too long a cycle and amanda produces level 2 and 3?
check out the following variables in amanda.conf
bumpsize 5000 Mb # minimum savings (threshold) to bump level 1 -> 2
bumpdays 2 # minimum days at each level
bumpmult 4 # threshold = bumpsize * bumpmult^(level-1)
setting bumpdays to 99 should only give you 0's and 1's
>
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