Jon, > Hypothetical -- I just checked, my root FS has 100,000 files. > My level 0 of the / DLE thus is 100000 files. Guessing that > on any one day, maybe 1000 change and appear in incremental > backups. If I do a level 0, then three incrementals, > WITHOUT the level 0 I only have a 3 in 100 chance the file > I need might be in the incrementals. When you come around on > your tapecycle, you will be overwriting that level 0. The > more level 0's you have, the better chance that the file(s) > you need will be on a tape somewhere.
But if (tapecycle >= runspercycle + 1) then you would not ever overwrite any level 0. Right? Ivan