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Creating a custom backup scheme (GFS-modified?) on TrueImage and Cyber Home

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Hi

I am currently using a Synology NAS box that I want to migrate over to a PC based NAS/Remote machine. Although I am not too happy with their Hyperbackup, their retention policy is quite good.

I am doing nightly backups with retention policy set to

keep daily backups for 1 week
keep weekly backups for 4 weeks
keep monthly backups for 4 months

I am currently evaluating TrueImage for backup options. I can do this implementing 3 different schemes, one for daily, weekly, monthly. Problem is each of these scheme will result in a redundant full image that is independently tracked. This will be noticeable space hog if my source location is quite large.

I asked Hyperbackup's test team and it seems that they are running a modified version of GFS where, they start consolidating/merging the incrementals based on the specified rules. E.g., at the end of week 2, they consolidate the the incremental to create a new synthetic image. It also seems to be only incremental based, no diff backups.

Any recommendations/suggestions. Can I do this using TI, Cyber Home, or any other Acronis tool?

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Amol,

The Grandfather, Father, Son (GFS) backup scheme plan has been asked for over the years by a number of users but as of yet has not been implemented in the product.

The Acronis Cyber Protect 15 Product line has a like backup capability but may be overkill for your needs.

You may be able to come close to what you need by using automatic clean up rules applied to each task if you care to experiment.

Thanks @Enchantech for the super fast response. It seems the Cyber protect home has a GFS scheme available. It'll probably work, but disk space wise may not be the best. It seems that modifying the schemes to run only incrementals with consolidation is a not an option. Oh well, can't get everything :-).