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04-20-2008
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| Senior Member | disk space Vs restore points Hello everyone, I have never fully understood the relationship between disk space and storage of restore points. In terms of percentage, how much space is allocated for storing restore points? Or, to put it in another way, at what point will the system start dumping the oldest restore points in order to make room for the new ones ? Am I missing other factors that belong in the equation ? Thank you. |
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04-20-2008
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| Guest | Re: disk space Vs restore points Hi, The default is 15% of the total drive space. So, a 100GB drive will default to reserving 15GB for restore points. How many points that is depends on your usage patterns and data store. This percentage can be adjusted by using the vssadmin prompt if space is at a premium on your system. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Windows help - www.rickrogers.org My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com "t-4-2" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message news:01f29cd1eb006ec56ee39bb72a25e9f6@xxxxxx-gateway.com... Quote: > > Hello everyone, > I have never fully understood the relationship between disk space and > storage of restore points. > In terms of percentage, how much space is allocated for storing restore > points? > Or, to put it in another way, at what point will the system start > dumping the oldest restore points in order to make room for the new ones > ? > Am I missing other factors that belong in the equation ? > Thank you. > > > -- > t-4-2 |
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04-20-2008
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| Guest | Re: disk space Vs restore points On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:46:10 -0500, t-4-2 <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote: Quote: > > Hello everyone, > I have never fully understood the relationship between disk space and > storage of restore points. > In terms of percentage, how much space is allocated for storing restore > points? 15% of the total drive space, by default, but that percentage can be (and usually should be) adjusted to a lower number. Quote: > Or, to put it in another way, at what point will the system start > dumping the oldest restore points in order to make room for the new ones > ? Two factors affect this: 1. The 15% (or changed value) mentioned above. 2. A maximum of 90 days age for a restore point. Quote: > Am I missing other factors that belong in the equation ? Yes, number 2 above. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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04-20-2008
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| Senior Member | Re: disk space Vs restore points  Quote: Originally Posted by Rick Rogers  Hi, The default is 15% of the total drive space. So, a 100GB drive will default to reserving 15GB for restore points. How many points that is depends on your usage patterns and data store. This percentage can be adjusted by using the vssadmin prompt if space is at a premium on your system. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Windows help - Nutcase's Home My thoughts Life and other stuff "t-4-2" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message news:01f29cd1eb006ec56ee39bb72a25e9f6@xxxxxx-gateway.com... Quote: > > Hello everyone, > I have never fully understood the relationship between disk space and > storage of restore points. > In terms of percentage, how much space is allocated for storing restore > points? > Or, to put it in another way, at what point will the system start > dumping the oldest restore points in order to make room for the new ones > ? > Am I missing other factors that belong in the equation ? > Thank you. > > > -- > t-4-2 |
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04-20-2008
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| Senior Member | Re: disk space Vs restore points Quote: Originally Posted by Ken Blake, MVP On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:46:10 -0500, t-4-2 <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote: Quote: > > Hello everyone, > I have never fully understood the relationship between disk space and > storage of restore points. > In terms of percentage, how much space is allocated for storing restore > points? 15% of the total drive space, by default, but that percentage can be (and usually should be) adjusted to a lower number. Two factors affect this: 1. The 15% (or changed value) mentioned above. 2. A maximum of 90 days age for a restore point. Quote: > Am I missing other factors that belong in the equation ? Yes, number 2 above. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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04-21-2008
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| Guest | Re: disk space Vs restore points On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:06:07 -0500, t-4-2 <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote: Quote: > > Ken Blake, MVP;689443 Wrote: Quote: > > On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:46:10 -0500, t-4-2 <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> > > wrote: Quote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > I have never fully understood the relationship between disk space and > > > > storage of restore points. > > > > In terms of percentage, how much space is allocated for storing > > > restore > > > > points? > > > > > > 15% of the total drive space, by default, but that percentage can be > > (and usually should be) adjusted to a lower number. > > > > > > > > > > Two factors affect this: > > > > 1. The 15% (or changed value) mentioned above. > > > > 2. A maximum of 90 days age for a restore point. > > Quote: > > > > > > > > > Am I missing other factors that belong in the equation ? > > > > > > Yes, number 2 above. > > > > -- > > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience > > Please Reply to the Newsgroup Quote: > Thank you, Mr. Ken Blake You're welcome. Glad to help. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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