Re: NTbackup

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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.