[Bacula-users] Use of Differential

2007-12-27 Thread Pablo Fernandez
Hi I'm using Bacula to do backups on disks. I wonder if it makes sense to use differentials instead of just fulls and incrementals. I understand the purpose of differential for backups in tapes which makes access much more comfortable but this doesn't apply for incrementals, does it? I'm

Re: [Bacula-users] Use of Differential

2007-12-27 Thread Michael Short
Differentials are used to prevent having to piece together tons of incrementals, but with a differential you are backing up every change since the full backup every job. Incremental jobs only backup new data since the last incremental or full. Hope this clears things up. Cheers, -Michael