Sebastian Perkins wrote:

> We are new to backuppc (migrating from an old DAT tape based system  
> to disk based backup) and we have a question regarding full & incr  
> backups.
>
> Our goal is to maintain 2 months of data off samba shares.
>
> We will be using the rsync option (better incremental  
> possibilities). Is just using incrementals OK ? (which means the  
> first save will be a "full"). Or do we need a "full" every month +  
> incr every day just like on DAT (this amounts to about 1To). ?

A common misunderstanding is that an rsync full transfers all files.  
It doesn't. Using rsync a full backup means that all files are checked  
more thoroughly (which requires more resources), but still only the  
incremental changes are transferred over the network.

Nils Breunese.

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