Edward Ned Harvey wrote:
>> The only thing I can think of, is putting the files on a separate
>> filesystem. Then do a image based backup, as opposed to a file based
>> backup.
>>
>> I know Acronis can backup the filesystem and do a fairly quick
>> incremental/differential. That would keep it down to specific changes
>> and keep the sparse file intact as a sparse file.
>
> Oh - I use Acronis -
>
> I'd like to clarify this. Acronis does intelligent
> incremental/differential, down to the granularity of which files have
> changed. But it relies on the file timestamps, and it sends the whole file.
I was not talking about file based backup. Yes, every file based backup
does this. (That I know of.)
Backup the block device. Acronis knows NTFS very well. And will do the
incremental/differential backup at the block level, just fine.
This is why I said "put the files on a separate filesystem."
To restore, you can mount the .tib as a virtual drive and copy back.
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