BackupPC-users

Re: [BackupPC-users] How does BackupPC work?

2009-02-23 14:25:27
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] How does BackupPC work?
From: Rob Owens <rowens AT ptd DOT net>
To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:22:53 -0500
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 01:15:05PM -0600, Les Mikesell wrote:
> Tino Schwarze wrote:
> > The n+1-th incremental
> > compares against the most recent n-th incremental, therefore only
> > transfers the difference to that. But since mergine several incrementals
> > is expensive in terms of server I/O, you may limit the number of levels.
> 
> This is an option in recent versions only - and I'm not sure whether it 
> is on by default or not.
> 
It's not on by default.  I use it for over-the-internet backups in order to 
decrease bandwidth usage.

-Rob

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