On 04/29 02:22 , Boniforti Flavio wrote:
> In my actual setup when the oldest FULL gets deleted (because it is now
> older than 4 weeks), do I loose also all the subsequent INCREMENTALS that
> were done? 

actually, I believe that the fulls are expired when BOTH:
- all incrementals depending on them expire
- the retention period for fulls expires

> So, wouldn't it make more sense to retain 5 FULL backups?

If you retain 5 full (weekly) backups, but only 4 weeks of incrementals, you
will not have incrementals for that last week. (As I understand it, and how
I belive things used to work).

-- 
Carl Soderstrom
Systems Administrator
Real-Time Enterprises
www.real-time.com

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