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===Backup timeouts explained===
Even if you choose not to timeout your full backups, a full backup cannot
exceed 24h (or the cron will launch a conflicting backup job).
So when you choose "Don't timeout full backup sessions", there is a default
timeout just before 24h. Then the full backup can stop cleanly, and the new
(incremental) backup will continue the backup.
The real goal of setting a timeout+"Don't timeout full backup sessions" is for
big user files systems, when we want that the backup session occurs only the
night on the week days (we need the cpu and the bandwith for something else
than backuping, and if we backup on the time there is too much activity, the
risk of a failing backup with dar grows up, because a file can be modified
during his backup), and all the days on saturday and sunday (for most common
case).
We can set :
Backup time : 10:00 PM
DaysInSet : 7
FullDay on friday or saturday
IncOnlyTimeOut : yes
Timeout : 8 (backup stops at 6:00 AM on week days)
On monday morning we can have fully backuped our server, even if the time to do
it is about 32 hours (24+8). On the week days the server and the lan are are
not busy with backups between 6:00 AM and 10:00 PM
===Backup disk size limits workaround===
===Backup disk size limits workaround===
