Data Compression

GDeiChurch · Post by **GDeiChurch** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 3:47 pm

My monthly backups have been using five 3.5" disks. Today, after having installed version 10 a few weeks ago, my backup only used 2 disks. Have you changed the compression ratio on backups? I need to know if this 2 disk backup is really a complete backup before I can close the month of October and begin November. Thanks in advance for any help!

Post by **Zorak** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 3:51 pm

In version 10, we have stopped backing up the .CDX (index) files. This saves a significant amount of space, as you can see!

The new index files are built from scratch when you restore the backup.

GDeiChurch · Post by **GDeiChurch** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 3:53 pm

Zorak wrote:In version 10, we have stopped backing up the .CDX (index) files. This saves a significant amount of space, as you can see!

The new index files are built from scratch when you restore the backup.

WOW!! It sure does save a lot of space!

Thanks for your quick reply! I really appreciate it!