have been spending some time searching the boards for answers on a few things, though i'd simply ask the questions straight up instead:
1. If it's ok, I want clarification (and recommendation even) on setting the amount of restore points on a file server. I have a file server, i want a backup of changed files every 30 mins between 8am-6pm (10 hours). I also want to keep 30 days of restore points. My calculation is that 10 hours of half-hourly increments is 20 restore points per day, times by 30 days equals 600 restore points. My two specific questions here are: is this correct, and is this a reasonable way of going about backup?!
2. an extension of the above, if i use the "continuous" mode, how would I keep 30 days of restore points?
In both scenarios, after the first day (8am-6pm) of half-hourly increments, im happy to have one final backup and lose the half-hourly ones, so what i mean is, at 5:30pm on the last day of a month I would have 29 daily restore points plus the last day's 19 half-hourly restore points.
Gee, this is difficult to explain in a forum post! Im hoping someone can guide me on the best path... I recall our implementer talking about the "daily full backup" option somewhere here, maybe that plays a part.
Thanks
Daniel
