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+Chapter 31. Thoughts about a Strategy API
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+Chapter 31. Thoughts about a Strategy API
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+
+Alexandre Oliva
+
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+  Subject: STRATEGY API (was: Re: spelunking)
+  From: Alexandre Oliva <oliva@dcc.unicamp.br>
+  Date: 03 Oct 1998 02:44:47 -300
+
+  Doug Hughes <Doug.Hughes@Eng.Auburn.EDU> writes:
+
+  > I'm going to (try to) modify the amanda stuff such that there is a new
+  > parameter called dumplevel available in dumptype. That way I can fix
+  > the dump level at whatever I want (5 or 9 when I need to), without
+  > having to worry about whether it's going to try and skip a 0 and miss
+  > a dump, or try to do a 1, or whatever.
+
+  Now that you mention that, it comes to my mind that the current
+  mechanism to define backup strategies is too limited, and we could try
+  to improve it just like we are going to do with the DUMPER API.
+
+  We could define a STRATEGY API, that planner would use to:
+
+  1) define a set levels and/or dates for which estimates should be requested
+
+  2) select a subset of the estimate results that planner can choose
+
+  and driver would run to inform that a backup has succeeded, after
+  having updated the database.
+
+  I haven't fully analysed the implications of this choice, but it looks
+  quite feasible and very useful.  Opinions?  Requests of clarification?
+  Random flames? :-)
+
+  Anyone willing to pursue this issue?
+
+  --
+  Alexandre Oliva
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