On Nov 5, 2008, at 2:36 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
>
>
> On Nov 5, 2008, at 12:14 PM, Wilton Shaw wrote:
>
>>>> I made the smaller portion a full 80 GB. The used area is 38.53 GB
>>>> and the free area is 41.47 GB, which adds up to 80 GB. The message
>>>> I got said I needed 42.4 so the Time Machine wouldn't work. I think
>>>> 41.47 GB is plenty of space to make a few upgrades.
>
>
> Why do you have time machine set on the smaller volume?
>
>
> The scheme is:
>
> Large drive:
>
> 80G partition: bootable backup partition, regularly clone system drive
> here, using SuperDuper or CCC.
>
> 179G partition: Use for Time machine.
>
> Time Machine stores an ongoing incremental backup of your stuff,
> including things you deleted, so you can always restore to a point in
> time anywhere between the initial backup and the last backup.
>
> This means it will require a larger drive (depending on how much file
> churn you have on your system) a MUCH larger drive than the volume
> you're backing up.
>
> If the 179G partition is complaining it's out of space, then you need
> a larger hard drive, or you need to reconsider using Time Machine.
>
> If your system is one where you routinely work on a bunch of large
> projects that you move to your computer and then delete, making room
> for the next large project, Time Machine is going to require a very
> large volume, or Time Machine isn't actually a good solution for you.
>
> You can exclude folders in Time Machine's prefs, so if you constantly
> churn large work files on and off your disk that are adequately backed
> up on other media (such as video raw footage and final DVD's) you can
> store that material in a folder you exclude from Time Machine.
>
> I exclude my Mail folders form TM because I have an IMAP mail
> service...getting all my mail back is a simple matter of setting up
> the account. So I don't back it up, which eliminates a huge area of
> file churn that would rapidly eat away at Time Machine's space.
>
> --
> Bruce Johnson
> University of Arizona
> College of Pharmacy
> Information Technology Group
>
> Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs
>
> I want to thank everyone for their helpful suggestions.
I was doing the wrong thing. By using Superduper to update the small
division and leaving the large division with the Time Machine, I
resolved my problem.
Wilton
>
>
> >
Wilton Shaw
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