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I wanna know when i almost finish free space on backup disk, what will do acronis with new back up schedule whatever there is'nt enough free sapce for making new data backup?
In fact I wanna know it will replace dat on old data or on new one?
i think it is very important in backup restore software.
so thaks

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Hello Amir,

Thank you for posting your question, I will be happy to help.

To prevent the situation that you don't have enough free space on the hard drive you should manage the retention rules. The backups produced by a backup plan make an archive. The two retention rules enable you to limit the archive size and set the lifetime (retention period) of the backups.
1. Delete backups older than
This is a time interval counted back from the moment when the retention rules are applied. Every time a retention rule is applied, the program calculates the date and time in the past corresponding to this interval and deletes all backups created before that moment. None of the backups created after this moment will be deleted.
2. Keep the archive size within
This is the maximum size of the archive. Every time a retention rule is applied, the program compares the actual archive size with the value you set and deletes the oldest backups to keep the archive size within this value.
Please see User Guide for Acronis Backup&Recovery 10 Advanced Server (chapter 2.7) for more information. 
If the provided information is not clear or if you have any other question do not hesitate to post them and we will be glad to answer.
Thank you.