unit intervals.
dss removes any snapshots older than n times u and tries to
- keep 2^(k-1) snapshots in interval k, where the interval number
- k counts from zero, zero being the most recent unit interval.
+ keep 2^(n - k - 1) snapshots in interval k, where the interval
+ number k counts from zero, zero being the most recent unit
+ interval.
In other words, the oldest snapshot will at most be u * n days
(= 20 days if default values are used) old. Moreover, there
are at most 2^n - 1 snapshots in total (i. e. 31 by default).
- Observe that you have to create at least 2 ^ (n - 1) snapshots
+ Observe that you have to create at least 2^(n - 1) snapshots
each interval for this to work out because that is the number
of snapshots in interval zero.
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