> > > mixle wrote: > > Quote: > > Does BackupPC redownload all files to make a new "full" download, or does > > it simply "fill in" the last good full backup and all incrementals since? > > > > The host I'm backing up takes 2+ days to backup, so it would be great if it > > could just fill in + move forward rather than download all again. > > > > I'm really impressed with the ease of use of this software! It's running > > nicely on my DNS-323 (had to turn compression off though, because it was > > taking years to backup otherwise). > > > > 1.18 MB/s (not sure what other people are getting for speed on these > > things). > > > This depends on your XferMethod. The smb/tar methods do transfer > everything for a full and rebuild the whole tree. This is the only way > to find deletions and the new locations of old files under renamed > directories. The rsync/rsyncd methods only transfer the differences > since the last full (but need more RAM while doing it). See the docs > for IncrLevels if you want to base incrementals on previous incrementals.
I believe I may have worded my question wrong. Is BackupPC capable of making 'synthetic' full backups by combining a previous full backup and subsequent incrementals to form a new 'synthetic' full backup (synthetic since it has not been copied again from the host)? Sorry if I misunderstood your response. Unfortunately RAM is critically small on my DNS-323. :( Thanks for your reply Les. +---------------------------------------------------------------------- |This was sent by mi...@hotmail.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OpenSolaris 2009.06 is a cutting edge operating system for enterprises looking to deploy the next generation of Solaris that includes the latest innovations from Sun and the OpenSource community. Download a copy and enjoy capabilities such as Networking, Storage and Virtualization. Go to: http://p.sf.net/sfu/opensolaris-get _______________________________________________ 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/
