Re: [BackupPC-users] A scheduling question

2009-04-20 Thread Les Mikesell
Schley Andrew Kutz wrote: > I guess my actual question, which magic number determines how far back > your backups go? Is it the FullAgeMax? It's not one number, it is whichever of several settings that require it to be kept the longest. See http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/BackupPC.html#ite

Re: [BackupPC-users] A scheduling question

2009-04-20 Thread Schley Andrew Kutz
I guess my actual question, which magic number determines how far back your backups go? Is it the FullAgeMax? -- -a "Ideally, a code library must be immediately usable by naive developers, easily customized by more sophisticated developers, and readily extensible by experts." -- L. Stein

Re: [BackupPC-users] A scheduling question

2009-04-20 Thread Schley Andrew Kutz
Thank for your answers regarding the space issue, as well as the differences between l0's and l1's. What exactly do you mean when you say "average change rate"? Right now BPC is set at the defaults -- to keep 1 full with an age of 90 days. -- -a "Ideally, a code library must be immediately

Re: [BackupPC-users] A scheduling question

2009-04-20 Thread Les Mikesell
Schley Andrew Kutz wrote: > Please pardon my ignorance. I have always been dense when it comes to > backups, and I am hoping that someone can simply tell me the > appropriate schedule for what I want to do. I basically want to mimic > Apple's Time Machine settings. I want an initial full back

[BackupPC-users] A scheduling question

2009-04-20 Thread Schley Andrew Kutz
Please pardon my ignorance. I have always been dense when it comes to backups, and I am hoping that someone can simply tell me the appropriate schedule for what I want to do. I basically want to mimic Apple's Time Machine settings. I want an initial full backup and then simply a backup of c