Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 12:26:34 -0400 From: Charles Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> Cc: Ilari Laitinen <ilari.laitinen@iki.fi>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dump(8), incremental backups, Tower of Hanoi sequence, don't get it Message-ID: <D3819F15-9F55-4F8D-892F-146E306ECAE6@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <4305F92C.9080001@dial.pipex.com> References: <20050819141535.GA62513@lohi.local> <4305F92C.9080001@dial.pipex.com>
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On Aug 19, 2005, at 11:22 AM, Alex Zbyslaw wrote: [ ...a good explanation snipped... ] > Personally I use a much shorter sequence: 0 1 3 2 1 3 2 1 3 2. But > that's because I don't usually change vast amounts of data. > > I would also consider doing your backups daily, not weekly as your > example suggests. The timing of full backups depends on how busy > your machine is. Anything from weekly to quarterly. Start with something even easier: Do a full-level-0 once per week, or once per month. Do level-1 incrementals daily. Change this to something fancier if you're using too much tape, but this is easy to understand.... -- -Chuck
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