Adding a second tape drive and using two tapes per run has done wonders for our backups. Amanda is now promoting level 0 dumps from as much as 8 days ahead.
Here is what "amadmin conf balance" is reporting : due-date #fs orig KB out KB balance ------------------------------------------- 12/13 Thu 0 0 0 --- 12/14 Fri 0 0 0 --- 12/15 Sat 0 0 0 --- 12/16 Sun 0 0 0 --- 12/17 Mon 0 0 0 --- 12/18 Tue 0 0 0 --- 12/19 Wed 10 14557160 6144000 -85.4% 12/20 Thu 57 95891156 37089920 -11.8% 12/21 Fri 31 84670042 43171936 +2.7% 12/22 Sat 2 2238963 996448 -97.6% 12/23 Sun 0 0 0 --- 12/24 Mon 10 67519547 31314592 -25.5% 12/25 Tue 20 112892816 49574464 +17.9% 12/26 Wed 45 94308175 40627072 -3.4% 12/27 Thu 4 4606106 1366720 -96.8% ------------------------------------------- TOTAL 179 476683965 210285152 42057030 (estimated 5 runs per dumpcycle)
