Re: NTbackup

15/04/2008, 22h02

RichGK wrote:
> On 14 Apr, 22:25, "John Smith" <securit...@gmail.com> wrote:

** snip **

>>> Here is the issue how do i setup if possible NTbackup so that it will only
>>> use a certain amount of drive space so that it doesnt fill the drive
>>> completely and when ntbackup fills its allocated space it will
>>> automatically
>>> start writing over the first file it created. Kinda like a DVR for a
>>> camera
>>> system.
>
> I don't think ntbackup will do this as it really goes against the
> whole idea of a backup. Why would you want to have files overwritten?
> This would render the backup useless in my opinion.
>
> You'd be better off the make sure that the media you are using (disk
> file, tape) has enough space on it for the backup. You can't know this
> exactly beforehand (well you might) but you can make a good estimation
> and use that.
>
> If you have 200GB to store and you only have 150GB of storage space
> then what you have to do is figure out what 50GB of the data you can
> do without storing. Otherwise purchase another drive.

Actually, if you setup a user account specifically for backups, apply a
quota to it, and then run the backups as that user, you should be able
to keep the backups from exceeding a certain size.

15/04/2008, 22h02	#1
leew [MVP] Messages: n/a Hébergeur:	Re: NTbackup RichGK wrote: > On 14 Apr, 22:25, "John Smith" <securit...@gmail.com> wrote: snip >>> Here is the issue how do i setup if possible NTbackup so that it will only >>> use a certain amount of drive space so that it doesnt fill the drive >>> completely and when ntbackup fills its allocated space it will >>> automatically >>> start writing over the first file it created. Kinda like a DVR for a >>> camera >>> system. > > I don't think ntbackup will do this as it really goes against the > whole idea of a backup. Why would you want to have files overwritten? > This would render the backup useless in my opinion. > > You'd be better off the make sure that the media you are using (disk > file, tape) has enough space on it for the backup. You can't know this > exactly beforehand (well you might) but you can make a good estimation > and use that. > > If you have 200GB to store and you only have 150GB of storage space > then what you have to do is figure out what 50GB of the data you can > do without storing. Otherwise purchase another drive. Actually, if you setup a user account specifically for backups, apply a quota to it, and then run the backups as that user, you should be able to keep the backups from exceeding a certain size.

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