Hi, Boniforti Flavio wrote on 2009-04-28 23:03:05 +0200 [[BackupPC-users] Defining data retention periods]: > Am I right if I understand that leaving INCR Backups with IncrLevel=1, means > in fact that every incremental backup is done in relation to the most recent > FULL backup?
yes. > Thus, if I¹d change the level from 1 to 6 (for example) I > simply would be turning the ³pure incremental² backups into ³differential² > backups? I mean, in this latter case, incr backups would be done in relation > to the most recent BACKUP (full or incremental wouldn¹t play a role)?! No. > OK, now the main question of my post: data retention. > I want to have one full month of daily retrievable backups: would this be > achieved by setting ³FullKeepCnt² to 4 and ³IncrKeepCnt² to 24? If your months have 28 days, yes. In my personal experience, that is true only for 73.8% of the Februaries. YMMV. > Would I need to change something else? No. Regards, Holger ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now & Save for Velocity, the Web Performance & Operations Conference from O'Reilly Media. Velocity features a full day of expert-led, hands-on workshops and two days of sessions from industry leaders in dedicated Performance & Operations tracks. Use code vel09scf and Save an extra 15% before 5/3. http://p.sf.net/sfu/velocityconf _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
