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Using TIM2011 is it possible to backup locally and then move the local .tib file to NAS drive?

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Hi,

Although I have manged to improve my backup speeds by swopping to FTP from my Windows 7 laptop to my ReadyNas duo, it still seems quite slow. As such I'm wondering if there is a way of creating a backup task that will do the following:
1) back up incremental data to a local .tib file on my laptop
2) once completed, move this .tib file to my NAS drives backup folder
3) remove the local .tib file, ready for next scheduled backup
4) would be nice, but not essential, but if NAS drive is not available for any reason, the baxckup keeps hold of the local .tib file and moves it the next time (so might have to move 2 or more local .tib files to the NAS drive for example)

my guess is that keeping the back up .tib file local speeds up the backup, and migrating one (large) file over my local network to the NAS drive is also quicker that backing up over the network?

thanks in advance

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The problem is that everytime you remove the original full backup, the next time ATI runs, it will create a new full.
Not sure either you will gain much time making the backup locally then moving it across the network.
You could consider changing your backup strategy instead:
- create a smaller disk and partition backup that excludes all the user content files, or excluding all big compressed files that don't change often.
- use some sync function (ATI2012, SyncBack, etc.) to backup the files you excluded from the disk backup.
That approach tend to make a lot of sense for home users who have a lot of compressed format files (JPG, MP3, MP4, VOB, AVI, etc) that don't change a lot: a mirror is a pretty good way to do that.

Alternatively, many users use one partition for the system and another partition for the content.

Thanks Pat L.

I have separated the system and data partitions (C and D), so the content on the data is the one I'm trying to back up.

Thanks for the tips, I'll have a look at ATI2012!