Re: [Bacula-users] Best backup strategy to use the minimum size

2009-10-17 Thread Jose Perez
Hi: > > Here's one possibility: > > Pool { >  Name = Full >  ... >  Volume Use Duration = 23 hours >  Volume Retention = 89 days > } > > Pool { >  Name = Differential >  ... >  Volume Use Duration = 23 hours >  Volume Retention = 89 days > } > > Pool { >  Name = Incremental >  ... >  Volume Use Du

Re: [Bacula-users] Best backup strategy to use the minimum size

2009-10-16 Thread Cedric Tefft
Jesper Krogh wrote: > Cedric wrote: > >> Do a Differential once every 90 days and Incrementals the rest of the time. >> In theory, you only need to run one Full backup. Ever. In practice, you'll >> probably want to create a new Full backup every year or so to clear out the >> obsolete data and m

Re: [Bacula-users] Best backup strategy to use the minimum size

2009-10-16 Thread Jesper Krogh
Cedric wrote: > Do a Differential once every 90 days and Incrementals the rest of the time. > In theory, you only need to run one Full backup. Ever. In practice, you'll > probably want to create a new Full backup every year or so to clear out the > obsolete data and make your differentials smaller

Re: [Bacula-users] Best backup strategy to use the minimum size

2009-10-16 Thread Cedric
On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 8:05 PM, Jose Perez wrote: > Hi people: > > I'm trying to find the best combination of Full, Differential and > Incremental backups to save disk space, I'd like someone can help me > with some ideas: > > Our policy says that we must keep user data of last 3 months, so > ac

[Bacula-users] Best backup strategy to use the minimum size

2009-10-16 Thread Jose Perez
Hi people: I'm trying to find the best combination of Full, Differential and Incremental backups to save disk space, I'd like someone can help me with some ideas: Our policy says that we must keep user data of last 3 months, so according to that I planned to do something like this: Client { ..