Retrospect - Recycling media back-up method


Should you later decide to: 5) Reprise the letter, or something like that, then, 6) Retrospect will see that the file has changed and back it up again.

...Expanding our scenario to a full hard drive with multiple programs/data files and given enough time, the drive will fill--as you've experienced.... Therefore, C) You could put two backup sets on the drive, or more optimally one on this drive and one on another and then 'Rotate' between them.


1) You start a letter but can't finish it because you are leaving for the day. No big deal, you save and leave.
2) Retrospect Backs up the file.
3) You come in the next day and finish the letter. You think no more on this subject.
4) Retrospect sees that the file has changed. It backs that file up again. There are now _two_ letter files in the backup. Should you later decide to:
5) Reprise the letter, or something like that, then,
6) Retrospect will see that the file has changed and back it up again. You now have three letter files in your backup.

Expanding our scenario to a full hard drive with multiple programs/data files and given enough time, the drive will fill--as you've experienced. You can:
A) Schedule a Recycle backup every night.
B) Schedule a Recycle every once in a while as necessary. These two scenarios have the flaw that Dave mentioned above. When you do the recycle, you are left with no backup for a short period of time. Should the backup fail, you will not have a current backup. Therefore,
C) You could put two backup sets on the drive, or more optimally one on this drive and one on another and then 'Rotate' between them. Should the Recycle fail, you've still got a backup.

Hope that helps. this needs to be reiterated on the board every once in a while.

Posted: Sat - August 27, 2005 at 12:10 PM          

©