Bowie Bailey wrote at about 16:08:49 -0400 on Thursday, April 24, 2014: > On 4/24/2014 3:52 PM, backu...@kosowsky.org wrote: > > Bowie Bailey wrote at about 14:38:26 -0400 on Thursday, April 24, 2014: > > > Think of incremental backups this way... > > > > > > Pros: > > > 1) They finish running quicker. > > > > > > Cons: > > > 1) They can miss backing up files in certain circumstances > > > 2) They cause the same data to be transferred multiple times. > > > - Each incremental will transfer all the same data as the previous > > > one plus any new changes > > > - The next full backup will also need to transfer all of that data > > > again. > > > > Not quite. > > > > Only data changed/added since the previous level incremental needs to be > > transferred. > > True, but I was trying to keep things fairly simple. Besides, I don't > think I've seen an example of a situation where multiple levels of > incrementals were needed in BackupPC.
Perhaps. I use 4 levels of incrementals that cycle through twice for each full. Why? No good reason. Probably because I thought it was interesting and because I needed to play with multiple levels of incrementals to test some of my code. Fulls only using rsync with checksum seeding is arguably the best combination.... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start Your Social Network Today - Download eXo Platform Build your Enterprise Intranet with eXo Platform Software Java Based Open Source Intranet - Social, Extensible, Cloud Ready Get Started Now And Turn Your Intranet Into A Collaboration Platform http://p.sf.net/sfu/ExoPlatform _______________________________________________ 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/