On 10/11/09 5:53 PM, "Diane Ross" wrote: > You should exclude your Identities folder from Time Machine backup. If the > database is backed up while it's being used, the data could be corrupt. > Would the corrupt data be the back up data and not the data being backed up. Is this a significant risk or a theoretical risk with probability unknown?
> Using the alternative method, the workflow quits all Microsoft applications > then copies the Identity to a folder in Documents so it can be copied by > Time Machine the next time it's run. Because it's a copy and not being used > the data is safe. > >> Does Time Machine take the >> latest hourly backup for the daily backup? If so, does it take more bytes >> after 24 hours to back up the database then just doing a database backup >> once a day. > > I'm not sure I understand what you are asking. Can you rephrase with more > detail? I am not asking anything. Just an observation. The only difference between backing up a 1 GB identity folder in Time Machine 8 times a day vs 1 time is 7 GB. Storage requirements after 24 hours would be the same. With a 500 GB or larger drive 15 GB is not a significant amount. My MUD folder is 1.3 GB. My Identities folder is 406 KB. I can't find the other GB. George -- YouTalk mailing list List address: [email protected] List information: http://entourage.mvps.org/support_options/list.html List moderator: [email protected], [email protected] To unsubscribe: mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe
