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Incorrect backup size?!

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Hello!

I've installed Acronis Backup cloud to my windows 2012 server with 3 Hd. Server use 1Tb, but after backup I see that backup size is 200 Gb with 2 backup copies. How I can be sure that this copy will working correctly when I need to restore server? How I can test it? 

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Hi,

The safest way to be sure your backup is working should be a full restore to another machine (or VM if possible).

AB12 compresses the backup archive by default, so your backup size will smaller than original volume sizes. It also depends on the type of data, some files are better compressible than others as you can see in the help docs Compression level (RU).