> > 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, so what would changing the IncrLevel produce, instead of "differential" backups? > > 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. You're right. In this configuration I'm simply retaining *4 full weeks*, which doesnt' necessarily mean that they equal to a month. Would you have any other type of suggestion? Kind regards, Flavio Boniforti PIRAMIDE INFORMATICA SAGL Via Ballerini 21 6600 Locarno Switzerland Phone: +41 91 751 68 81 Fax: +41 91 751 69 14 URL: http://www.piramide.ch E-mail: fla...@piramide.ch ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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/
