Simon writes:
> So far I've determined that "$Conf{TrashCleanSleepSec} = '300'" isn't
> going to be doing me any favours. I've bumped it up to once an hour (and
> might do so to once a day; I'm only backing up three machines and the
> data doesn't change at a frantic rate).
>
> Is this safe?
Yes.
> If BackupPC wakes once an hour, on the occasions when it doesn't need to
> do anything (i.e. all machines are backed up or can't be pinged), will
> it touch /var/lib/backuppc/? If so, can I stop it?
No. Each time it wakes up it will queue all the PCs, and the backups
file for each host will be checked to see if anything needs to be done.
You should reduce $Conf{WakeupSchedule}.
Craig
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