On Thu, May 24, 2007 at 03:20:28AM -0400, Jason Lixfeld wrote: > > On 24-May-07, at 3:16 AM, Olivier Nicole wrote: > > >>2 x system space would be enough for a full dump plus plenty of > >>increments, I'd say. No? Is there a rule of thumb? 3x? 4x? > > > >That depends how much your file system change. If every ficle change > >befor the incremental run, dump 1 will be equal to dump 2, and 2x will > >be enough for just dump0 and dump 1. > > > >There is no rule. > > How would one go about gauging their system for the number of file > system changes to determine a suitable amount of backup space?
To some extent, you must know how you use the system. After that, it is just a matter of experience with that system. After you have done this dump cycle a few times you will begin to see a pattern. ////jerry > > >Olivier > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"