On Fri, 29 Aug 2008, Tomasz Chmielewski wrote:

> Dan Langille schrieb:
>
> (...)
>
> > Bacula will backup everything in a Full backup.
>
> Hmm, does "Bacula will backup everything in a Full backup" mean "it will
> transfer *everything* over network, even if the same files in the same
> location were in the previous full backup?

Yes. So will almost every other package you attempt to use.

There is work underway on a "synthetic full backup" which will stop this
happening - BUT you will need the previous Full+Diff+Incrementals loaded
in your tape library (or disk pool) to allow that to work.

AB


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