>>>>> On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 12:57:44 +0200, =?windows-1252?Q?Simon_=8Eekar?= >>>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > hi, > > I'm setting bacula to backup few of my servers, some of they are on the > ADSL, so upload there is very limitied. Full backup of those machines > takes a week to complete, but incremental backup take only few hours. > > So I'm wondering, do I really need to do a Full backup of my servers > monthly or is there a way, to make a full backup out of previous full > backup + incrementals and then do an incremental backup on these > calculated full backup ?
Doing regular full backups is a good idea because incremental/differentual backups do not track renamed or deleted files completely accurately. Also, restoring from many incrementals can be timeconsuming and also increases the risk of failure if one of the incrementals gets lost or corrupted. Perhaps you can split the backup into two groups of directories according to how frequently they change? Then do full backups of the more frequently changing data more often. __Martin ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
