NSB: File Size Differences
I just read the article here:
http://kb.acronis.com/content/13534
It says:
It is important to understand that since all the files were backed in their entirety at Step 1, Acronis Nonstop Backup every 5 minutes saves only the file changes, not the files themselves. This saves disk space. The changes are requests to the files done since the last slice was created. In other words, Acronis Nonstop Backup "compares" the latest slice with the one in progress and saves only the changes.
So, does that mean, if I have a 5MB txt file, and it's backed up, that if I only change say 1KB of text, that the backup size will not increase by 5MB + 5MB, but 5MB + 1KB?
Hi MudCrab -
Thanks for your answer, but now I am confused. I mean, it makes sense to me, and that's the way I understand it too.
I asked the question a while back here: http://forum.acronis.com/forum/12456
And the Acronis rep said. which makes no sense... do you know which way it is?
Let me help you.
Acronis Non-Stop Backup will back up changed files again, so in your case it will back up the whole file again, and as a result you'll have a several versions of your FLAC files.
Please reply to this thread if you have any additional questions.
Only the changed parts are added to the backup. At least, this is what happens in my tests.
It's possible there was a misunderstanding or perhaps the answer was generalized too much or perhaps is was just incorrect (it happens).
Ahhhhhhhh OK... and I seemed to have confirmed this on my end now too. Thank you and thank goodness. :)
I assume then, the first back up is the full backup, and each additional one is an incremental built off of the first one too....