Pedro Aguayo wrote:
>
> Ok, I didn't but think I do now.
> Basically when amanda write to the holding disk, it rights it to a flat file
> on the file system, and if that flat file is larger than 2gb then you might
> encounter a problem if your filesystem has a limitation where it can only
> support files <2gb.
> But if you write directly to tape you will avoid this problem cause you are
> bypassing the filesystem.
And that's why the paramater "chunksize" for the holding disk can be set
to e.g. 1Gbyte.
And, when everything else fails, read the manual pages. :-)
>
> Right Adrian?
>
> Hope I got it right, but this makes sense.
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