On Tue, 26 Feb 2002 at 3:07pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

> What does the chunksize in Amanda 2.4.2p2 control and can I just 
> comment it out? I'm running Amanda server on Solaris connected 
> to a DLT 35/70 So if I can't comment it out, what is the 
> recommended chunksize for this size of disk?

Chunksize controls the size of the chunks of a backup image on the holding 
disk before it goes out to tape.  It's initial purpose (I believe) was to 
allow for the backup of disks >2GB on OSen which didn't support files that 
size.

> Also would a incorrectly sized chunksize slow down the backups? 

No.

> My chunksize is currently set to 2GB which may be a totally 
> ridiculous figure.

Chunksize has no effect on performance.  

-- 
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University

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