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From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu>
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On Thu, May 24, 2007 at 03:20:28AM -0400, Jason Lixfeld wrote:

> 
> On 24-May-07, at 3:16 AM, Olivier Nicole wrote:
> 
> >>2 x system space would be enough for a full dump plus plenty of
> >>increments, I'd say.  No?  Is there a rule of thumb?  3x?  4x?
> >
> >That depends how much your file system change. If every ficle change
> >befor the incremental run, dump 1 will be equal to dump 2, and 2x will
> >be enough for just dump0 and dump 1.
> >
> >There is no rule.
> 
> How would one go about gauging their system for the number of file  
> system changes to determine a suitable amount of backup space?

To some extent, you must know how you use the system.
After that, it is just a matter of experience with that system.
After you have done this dump cycle a few times you will begin
to see a pattern.

////jerry
> 
> >Olivier
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