Can I turn off new single-file backup in ATI 2020 or do I have to revert to an older version to escape it?
My PC and NAS:
1TB SSD system disk: SYSTEM C:
3 x 3TB internal backup hard drives: BACKUP1 E:, BACKUP2 F:, BACKUP3 G:
D-Link NAS containing 2 x 1.5TB hard drives, Y: and Z:
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Before ATI 2020 I ran a weekly full backup and daily incremental backups that stored the image files created on the first backup drive, E:. After each backup completes, a batch file runs that copies this new image file to both the other backup drives, F: and G:, and to both disks in the NAS, Y: and Z:. In other words, I had five copies of each image file spread over two different devices.
The weekly full backup created a big file (130GB or so), and the daily incremental backups created much smaller files (< 5GB, usually). The weekly sync job took several hours to copy the big file to the other two internal backup drives and to the drives in the MUCH slower NAS, but the weekly incremental image files copied quickly as they were so much smaller. I was happy with this state of affairs.
With ATI 2020 only a single image file is created which is continually updated as each backup runs, both full and incremental. All my sync jobs now take multiple hours to copy the single image file, ever-expanding in size, to the other drives, and this happens every day. I am not happy with this state of affairs.
I've used ATI for many years and have been very happy with it, but having jobs running overnight and into the next day is making me miserable. I can't see any mention of a capability to turn off single-file image creation and revert to multiple files, so I'm probably going to have to look for another vendor for my backup needs.
Suggestions?


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