The daemon will, in an endlees loop, create a snapshot and
then sleep that many minutes.
"
+option "min_free_mb" m
+#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-option "min_free" m
-#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-"minimal amount of free space"
+"minimal amount of free disk space"
int typestr="gigabytes"
- default="50"
+ default="100"
optional
details="
- If less that this many gigabytes of space is available,
- dss will start to remove snapshots (starting from the oldest
- snapshot) until the free disk space exeecds this value.
+ If less that this many megabytes of space is available, \"dss
+ --run\" dss will start to remove snapshots (starting from the
+ oldest snapshot) until the free disk space exeecds this value.
+ See also the --min_free_percent option.
+
+ A value of zero deactivates this check.
+
+"
+
+option "min_free_percent" -
+#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+"minimal percent of free disk space"
+int typestr="percent"
+default="2"
+optional
+details="
+ See --min_free. Note that it is not recommended to set both
+ --min_fre_mb and --min_free_percent to zero as this will
+ cause your file system to fill up quickly.
"