Webgisdr full vs incremental backup frequency?

Question

What is the recommend maximum interval between full webgisdr backups if we are doing daily incremental backups? We have been doing weekly full backups, but could we stretch that out to monthly full backup with daily incremental backups to save on storage space?

WielandBusse · Answer

Hi Adam,

I'd be interested to know how big the difference in file size is between Full and Incremental Backup?

We didn't see much difference (5.5 vs. 4.2 GB).

Best regards, Wieland

PS: I'm also a big Pixies fan!

Eric_Andersen · Answer

Hi Adam!  Long time since we've connected!

We have a backup strategy in place so we only to maintain 1 full and 1 incremental.  The backups are sent to file system storage and are backed up to tape nightly.

We also have VM snapshots daily and data store backups daily.

D_McRitchie · Answer

To add it is also worth checking how long the backups take to complete. Ideally, these can be done overnight and not when the deployment is under load from requests.

Many thanks,

David