> Well in my case the most valuable is not the time but disk space. > On the other hand what's the reason of backup if it do not > stores whole data? > This returns to the definition of "data" :-) Is it "all the bits", "everything else but the base operating system", or only the application data files (eg. text documents) produced by you?
To reduce backup time and needed amount of storage, many see that it's only necessary to backup data that was produced by you. And installed software must usually be re-installed from original install files (after a complete system disaster). Restoring improper system files from a backup may re-collapse the newly installed system. But backing up only the minimum just leaves the uncertainty if something were accidentally saved into a wrong place. Plus the need to have backups of different applicatication configuration files etc. To make backup strategy more straightforward is one good reason to keep user files well organised in the system, instead of saving them into "million and one" different places spread all over the the directory structure. How about a real full backup after massive system changes, followed by frequently repeated more precisely targeted backups? Bacula has good tools for this... Regards, Timo ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
