Maybe the pooling? If you have three full backups, any identical files are cross-linked to optimize storage. I would guestimate that more than 90% of files from one full backup to the next are unchanged. My BackupPC pool represents 186GB (see "full backups/incr backups" report on "host summary page") but physically stores 56GB (see "Pool is.." on status page report).
~cg David Williams wrote: > > Hi, > > I seem to be having a problem with space being cleared when old > backups are removed. For example, I just changed my config files for > the 2 hosts I am backing up to only keep 2 full backups (instead of 3) > and 6 incremental backups (instead of 14). When backuppc ran last > night I can see in the log files that it removed/cleared a bunch of > incremental and full backs and I can also see that those directories > are gone from my backup hard drive. However, when I do a df it still > shows that my backup drive is 91% full L I’ve some postings on this > before and I thought that this removing of incremental and full > backups would regain some space. > > What am I missing here ? > > Regards, > > ____________________________________________ > > David Williams > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
