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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
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- Doug Hughes <Doug.Hughes@Eng.Auburn.EDU> writes:
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- > 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.
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- 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.
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- We could define a STRATEGY API, that planner would use to:
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- 1) define a set levels and/or dates for which estimates should be requested
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- 2) select a subset of the estimate results that planner can choose
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- and driver would run to inform that a backup has succeeded, after
- having updated the database.
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- I haven't fully analysed the implications of this choice, but it looks
- quite feasible and very useful. Opinions? Requests of clarification?
- Random flames? :-)
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- Anyone willing to pursue this issue?
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- Alexandre Oliva
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