Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] Best backup strategy to use the minimum size

2009-10-17 13:08:38
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Best backup strategy to use the minimum size
From: Jose Perez <jvoorhees1 AT gmail DOT com>
To: bacula-users <bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2009 12:05:42 -0500
Hi:

>
> Here's one possibility:
>
> Pool {
>  Name = Full
>  ...
>  Volume Use Duration = 23 hours
>  Volume Retention = 89 days
> }
>
> Pool {
>  Name = Differential
>  ...
>  Volume Use Duration = 23 hours
>  Volume Retention = 89 days
> }
>
> Pool {
>  Name = Incremental
>  ...
>  Volume Use Duration = 23 hours
>  Volume Retention = 90 days
> }
>
> Do a Differential once every 90 days and Incrementals the rest of the time.
> In theory, you only need to run one Full backup. Ever. In practice, you'll
> probably want to create a new Full backup every year or so to clear out the
> obsolete data and make your differentials smaller (and faster).
>
> Another way to do it that uses even less disk space would be to eliminate
> the differentials completely and just create a new Full backup every 90
> days.

Thanks, I think that using a combination Differential, Incremental and
Full is the best way to keep 90 days old of data. I'm going to make
this changes to my bacula configuration.




>
>  - Cedric
>

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