On Sat, Dec 30, 2017 at 03:17:14PM -0500, Jon LaBadie wrote:
> Several "bump" parameters affect how aggressively
> amanda bumps the backup level 0->1, 1->2, etc.
>
> "bumpsize" and "bumppercent", defaulting to 20MB
> and 20% respectively, seem to have the same purpose,
> provide a threshold of savings before a level bump
> can occur. But if both are defined they could
> conflict.
>
> For example, assume estimated dump sizes of 120MB
> for level 1 and 22MB for level 2. That meets the
> bumpsize threshold, but not the bumppercent. Or
> estimates of 50 and 15 would meet the percent
> threshold but not the size.
>
> Does anyone know how the bump- size and percent
> parameters interact? Must both threholds be met
> or it exceeding one threshold sufficient to
> trigger a level bump (assuming other things are
> met as well, eg. bumpdays)?
>
One should always RTFM before posting!!
If bumppercent is set to a non-zero value then
it controls the bumping and bumpsize is ignored.
Jon
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