See this thread, and in particular, Holgier's response: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=46922898.2040102%40bio-chemvalve.com&forum_name=backuppc-users
-Rob Pablo Fernandez wrote: > Hi > > Got that, but if I use rsync would there be a reason to have a full > backup every hour or so? Does it make sense to have a full once a month, > level 1 incrementals every week, level 2 incrementals every day and > level 3 incrementals every hour? > > Best regards, > Pablo > > > On Sun, 2007-12-30 at 21:32 -0800, Craig Barratt wrote: >> Pablo writes: >> >>> Thanks for that information, this brings another question: >>> >>> What's the point of having multiple full backups? Wouldn't that be >>> redundant with the information of a full backup and the incrementals? >> Full backups provide two things: >> >> - a reference point for the following incrementals, >> >> - an accurate backup, in contrast to tar and smb incrementals that >> don't detect deleted, renamed or newly-created files with old >> modification times (eg: extracting a tar file). >> >> If you keep an incremental, you need to keep the prior full (and also >> prior lower-level incrementals). Therefore, full backups are the ones >> you typically keep if you want longer-term history. >> >> Craig > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > [email protected] > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net > Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
