Windows Backup

Post by **Bagpuss** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 1:40 pm

Folks and folkesses

We have a standalone server / number cruncher at work that we backup onto an external hdd using the inbuilt Windows backup utility. We did a full backup 4 weeks ago and have been running incremental backups since then. My concern is that the file size of these incremental backups is bouncing around and I wonder if we're doing something wrong. So far, we've had

Full - 56 Gigs
Inc 1 - 4 gigs
Inc2 - 160 megs
Inc 3 - 4.59 gigs

There is no obvious reason that we can think of in terms of files stored on the server why the sizes should change so much - any ideas?

Post by **andrew** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 3:48 pm

Surely its slightly like the posh version of activesync, it'll only copy/backup files that have been changed and if it has been changed it will take the entire file not parts. This may explain the jumping around.
The only reason I say this is my pda when sync'ing does this

Sorry if i'm telling granny how to suck eggs.........

Post by **Bagpuss** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 8:49 am

andrew wrote: Surely its slightly like the posh version of activesync, it'll only copy/backup files that have been changed and if it has been changed it will take the entire file not parts. This may explain the jumping around.
The only reason I say this is my pda when sync'ing does this

Sorry if i'm telling granny how to suck eggs.........

No eggs here at all, not a single poultry based foodstuffs anywhere near actually.

That may make some sense, there is a largish Access database file that may be the culprit...

Post by **Hippy** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 10:08 am

I use this to check the sizes of files stored on the server.
Quite a useful little tool

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