On 03/01/11 15:18, Jean-Peer Lorenz wrote: >> This option is included in version 0.10.5 > I don't think that the general option to purge (as currently included in > sbackup) meets the described feature request. Therefore, I reopen this bug. > Remarks and patches are welcome.
Ideally, to free up necessary diskspace in combination with logarithmic purge, it would be good if the purge could be incrementally 'thinned'. The default is: * keep all from yesterday * keep one per day from last week * keep one per week from last month * keep one per month from last year * keep one per quarter from 2nd last year * keep one per year further into past (Especially the last one, while growing slowly, will keep growing forever!) But, when tight on diskspace, one could 'thin' this to something like: * keep last one from yesterday * keep one per two days from last week * keep one per two weeks from last two months * keep one per two months from last year * keep one per half year from 2nd last year * keep one per 2^n years for the nth year into past (true logarithmic!) Alternate to steering on free space, one might want to set a limit on total diskspace allocated to backups. This might even work when disk free cannot be determined (as with ftp). Anton. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Simple Backup Maintainers, which is subscribed to Simple Backup. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/294019 Title: Purge to specified free disk space or backup size _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~nssbackup-team Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~nssbackup-team More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
