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that's way better than "one" I currently have on my online storage
I love the staggered monthly/weekly/daily system...you probably don't need as many monthly ones...2 could be enough...but this seems like a straight forward default
Categories: Backup and Restore
Home Server offers a a lot of flexibility in how long many backups the server holds on to before it overwrites them. The default is 3 monthly, 3 weekly, and 3 daily. Is this too much or not enough?
How many do you hold on to?
April 21, 2008 2:07 PM
April 30, 2008 8:11 PM
I dropped mine down to 1/1/1 to save on disk space and also if I have a crash during the day, I have the backup from the night before.
May 1, 2008 10:35 PM
I bumped mine up to 5/5/5 since I have plenty of space on my server. We are backing up 3 computers and they still only consume 72 GB of space for backups. Better to have it and not need it then to need it and not have it, right?
May 2, 2008 6:07 PM
I agree. If you have the space, the more backups the better 
. I’m looking forward to the "June Fix" which is supposed to allow for a backup of WHS itself to an external device. That’s the only piece missing from a backup perspective.
May 2, 2008 8:37 PM
I can only backup one of my systems currently and it is the old laptop that I rarely use. I have 64bit Vista on my desktop and new laptop and I won't be able to back those up until the update is out.
May 5, 2008 4:41 PM
I have it set to the default although one of my PCs has 1.5TB to backup(my TiVo Server), out of 3.75TB of space. But I also have 8TB of total space on my MSS.
8TB MSS(11 WD 750GB GP drives), CFI port Multiplier, 4 bay USB, 2GB, LE-1640
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May 5, 2008 8:29 PM
I am using 6-6-6...
...JohnBick
MSS: HP EX475+1TB WD (2TB tot), 2 GB RAM, LE-1640, APC UPS
PC1: Vista/32 Ultimate w/150GB Raptor RAID-2 (C:) & 4x320GB RAID-5 data (D:)
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May 11, 2008 3:10 PM
When I first set up the backups for the WHS I went with the 3-3-3 default. I did do an initial manual backup and have it marked as KEEP. I have now backed down to 2 monthly, 3 weekly and 3 daily backups. I have had to use a full restore once for my desktop computer after installing a bad acting piece of software. The backup fully restored my PC. Since I don't make many changes or install new software very often, I am comfortable with this setup.
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