holdingdisk hd1 {
comment "main holding disk"
directory "/dumps/amanda" # where the holding disk is
- use 290 Mb # how much space can we use on it
+ use -100 Mb # how much space can we use on it
# a non-positive value means:
# use all space but that value
chunksize 1Gb # size of chunk if you want big dump to be
# Default: [compress client fast]
# dumpcycle - set the number of days in the dump cycle, ie, set how often a
# full dump should be performed. Default: from DUMPCYCLE above
+# estimate Determine the way AMANDA does it's estimate.
+# "client" - Use the same program as the dumping program,
+# this is the most accurate way to do estimates,
+# but it can take a long time.
+# "calcsize" - Use a faster program to do estimates, but the
+# result is less accurate.
+# "server" - Use only statistics from the previous run to
+# give an estimate,
+# it takes only a few seconds but the result is not
+# accurate if your disk usage changes from day to day.
+# Default: [client]
# exclude - specify files and directories to be excluded from the dump.
# Useful with gnutar only; silently ignored by dump and samba.
# Valid values are: