* Edit By default, Apple's Time Machine software will grow the file /etc/netatalk/AppleVolumesbackup size to use all available disk space.default:On To artificially limit the line that begins '/var/hda/files/amahi-time-machine'amount of space it takes, add 'volsizelimit:XXXX' AFTER 'options:tm', where XXXX is do the artificial limit in MiBfollowing.* Execute, as root, 'service netatalk restart'

NOTE'''WARNING: do Do not do this while a backup is running! It may mess up your backups!''' == Amahi 9 == * For Amahi 9, change /etc/netatalk/afp.conf .. . and in the [Amahi™] section, add this line vol size limit = 300for 300MiB of limit.* Execute this as root: systemctl restart netatalk == Amahi 8 ==* For Amahi 8, edit the file /etc/netatalk/AppleVolumes.default: On the line that begins '/var/hda/files/amahi-time-machine', add 'volsizelimit:XXXX' AFTER the 'options:..' part separated by a apce, where XXXX is the artificial limit in MiB. Example for a ~600GB limit: :DEFAULT: options:tm,upriv,usedots volsizelimit:600000* Execute this as root: systemctl restart netatalk The way Apple's Time Machine software works requires more disk space than the size of the backup available. It is usually best to put a volume size limit in place before the first backup is created.