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Version chain with NAS backup

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Does True Image 2014 now clean up old versions per the version chain scheme when the backup is network-attached storage? I've never been able to get this working with prior versions, resulting in an unmanageably large amount of backup space being used.

Worse, when I try to delete old versions using True Image, it fails. This happened with prior versions and continues to happen with TI 2014.

Is it safe to manually delete the obsolete versions directly, outside of TI?

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FYI:

When using ATI with a network drive, use a UNC path to your NAS device for a backup destination, not a typical friendly "mapped" drive. e.g.
\\192.168.2.25\My Backups\

It should also be possible to use a UNC path that includes server name rather than IP, such as
\\server1\My Backups\

ATI will not automatically detect a NAS drive. Once you start typing the destination path (click "Browse", type in the "File name" field), you will be prompted for a username and password. You must use enter the username and password that has permissions to access the NAS share you are saving to.

Many users have had issues with NAS, not because of Acronis but because the router gets overloaded with data throughput and cannot keep a consistent enough connection with the NAS for True Image to image or restore.