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A portion of a [[Dump|dump]] either on tape or in the holding disk. Use chunks to make more efficient use of the tape or holding disk. For example, if you have a tape size of 10 GB, the only way to get a dump of 12 GB onto tape is to split it up into chunks and use [[ | A portion of a [[Dump|dump]] either on tape or in the holding disk. Use chunks to make more efficient use of the tape or holding disk. For example, if you have a tape size of 10 GB, the only way to get a dump of 12 GB onto tape is to split it up into chunks and use [[Span|spanning]]. Control with <tt>chunksize</tt> (per [[Holding disk|holding disk]]) or <tt>tape_splitsize</tt>, <tt>split_diskbuffer</tt> and <tt>fallback_splitsize</tt> (per [[Dumptype|dumptype]]) in {{man|5|amanda.conf}}. | ||
See also [[How To:Split Dumps Across Tapes]]. | See also [[How To:Split Dumps Across Tapes]]. | ||
Revision as of 22:02, 15 July 2010
A portion of a dump either on tape or in the holding disk. Use chunks to make more efficient use of the tape or holding disk. For example, if you have a tape size of 10 GB, the only way to get a dump of 12 GB onto tape is to split it up into chunks and use spanning. Control with chunksize (per holding disk) or tape_splitsize, split_diskbuffer and fallback_splitsize (per dumptype) in amanda.conf(5).
See also How To:Split Dumps Across Tapes.