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True Image 2013 - Managing Backup Size

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Hello...

I'm currently using the Incremental backup method (my laptop has about 200 GB of data on it, and I'm seeing about a 1-3GB/night incremental file...probably due to my Outlook .pst/.ost files). Anyway, I'm wondering...is there any way to manage the total amount of space that I can use to backup my machine? I've been dumping my files onto my NAS, but I've hit 250 GB and it escalates quickly. I'd love to set some sort of quota. Any thoughts?

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Yes. When you create a backup task, you may set limits based on total size of backup folder, number of backups, etc. See Grover's excellent tutorial:

28705: Grover's How to Backup 2012-2013 from within Windows
http://forum.acronis.com/forum/28705B

BTW, you should not allow an incremental chain to become too long. An incremental restore depends upon every incremental in the chain being valid, including the original full. It's better to limit each chain to just a few incrementals, followed by a fresh full backup to start a new chain.

To add to Tuttle recommendations, remember you always need enough space on your disk for a new full backup. ATI always completes a new full before deleting any existing backup chain.

The best retention rules is the one recommended by Grover in the link proposed by Tuttle. You might be tempted to try other things, but this is really the one that works best.

If you tweak your retention rules, be aware that ATI basically resets the counter at the time of the edit. If you set it to create 5 incrementals, do 1 full and 3 incrementals and then change the setting to 8 incrementals, you will end up with 3+8=11 incrementals before your new full.

One specific link Tuttle and Pat L are referring to is the figure 11-Inc.
Their and my recommendation is to use the keep x number of chains, rather than choose the option based on elapsed days or the one based on disk quota.

The option based on keeping x number of backups seems to be less troublesome than the other two which I prefer not to use as their results may not be as you might anticipate.

You can change the example of 6 and 4 to fit your needs but get it right the first time with no subsequent edits. When setting the destination storage folder, set it to an empty storage sub-folder with no other tasks using the sub-folder.
http://forum.acronis.com/forum/28705