Always running out of space - Need tips for config
Hi
I'm using Acronis True Image 2011. My PC has a 2 TB HD with about 1.5 TB filled. I back up to a USB 3.0 external HD which has 3 TB capacity.
I want to set up a good back up routine that I do not need to consistantly monitor.
I started with the Version Scheme which sounded like a good idea because it is generally very fast. Unfortunately, which a month or so Acronis fills up the external HD and errs out due to 'not enough space.' I assume this is because it is storing multiple back up versions.
I do not really need multiple versions to roll back to.
I also tried a different back up setting that captured a full image each time the backup runs, but unfortunately this process is extremely slow and it interferes with my use of the PC.
Any recommendations that balances performance with space management? Thanks!
If you set ATI for max compression, you'll get slightly more compression but at the cost of much slower backup creation. Otoh, if you set at no compression, you'll get only a little increase in speed vs a bigg loss in space (unless you backup is mostly uncompressible stuff like jpegs, mp3s and such). The middle path is the the optimum compromise for almost all situations.
If you have about 1.5TB filled on a drive, you can probably break out what you have into separate logical drives to create a more organized file arrangement and then, also, be able to follow Pat's excellent advice on not having all your files in one backup basket.
E.g., if most of your files space is taken up with, say, mp3s, then probalby most of these don't change much and you don't need to backup up all the files often. Otoh, if a lot of it is, say, videos that you down load, run, erase, replace often, then backing those up often might make sense, so dividing your videos and mp3s into separate volumes can make a lot of sense.
Of course, you need to tailor things to suit your own situaton, but if you have all your fiels in one basket and its 1.5TB, you probalby could make use of more baskets, maybe even some additional physcial drives.