Sebastian Perkins wrote: > We are new to backuppc (migrating from an old DAT tape based system > to disk based backup) and we have a question regarding full & incr > backups. > > Our goal is to maintain 2 months of data off samba shares. > > We will be using the rsync option (better incremental > possibilities). Is just using incrementals OK ? (which means the > first save will be a "full"). Or do we need a "full" every month + > incr every day just like on DAT (this amounts to about 1To). ?
A common misunderstanding is that an rsync full transfers all files. It doesn't. Using rsync a full backup means that all files are checked more thoroughly (which requires more resources), but still only the incremental changes are transferred over the network. Nils Breunese. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. 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/
