I don't know if it was already covered in this thread, but if you're using Disk backup (a NAS device) aren't you burning up a lot more space with Full/Diffs vs Full/Incr ?
Don K ----- Original Message ---- From: David Lum <[email protected]> To: NT System Admin Issues <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 7:58:36 AM Subject: Diff backups (was RE: Restores from Incremental backups) Using good ol' NTBackup at all my garage clients I used to do full's on weekends and incrementals other times, until I had to do some restores back to back...holy Mother of God that's a long way around! I went to fulls/diffs and haven't looked back. David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 -----Original Message----- From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 2:56 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Restores from Incremental backups Agreed.. "Synthetic Fulls" have been around for a while. -sc -----Original Message----- From: Andy Ognenoff [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 3:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Restores from Incremental backups Been using Retrospect in this capacity since 2006 so maybe the concept is catching on. :) - Andy O. >-----Original Message----- >From: John Cook [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 1:10 PM >To: NT System Admin Issues >Subject: RE: Restores from Incremental backups > >Synthetic backups are the current buzz word, I've heard it in 2 different >pitches in the last 2 weeks. Sounds great if it actually delivers..... ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
