Re: [Duplicity-talk] Full backups strategy

[Peter Schuller]

> Is the main reason for doing full backups periodically the fear of some
> incremental piece on the backup server getting corrupted, thus
> preventing recovering of everything after it?  Do most folks (using
> duplicity for personal data) back up daily and force a full backup once
> a month or so?  Thanks.

If the available disk space on the destination is limited, that becomes a 
major reason as well. If you keep doing incrementals until the past backups + 
a full new backup won't fit (even temporarily), you're in trouble.

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/ Peter Schuller

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