Configuration:
Hardware:
Intel Core i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz, 12 GB Ram
External USB Drive: WD MyBook Essential 1110 USB Device, 1TB
Software:
Win 7, 64 Bit
Norton 360, v5.2.2.3
Backup Source:
Internal Drive, 1TB, 403 GB Used
Issue:
Backup target (External USB Drive) became full after about six months of backups
Formatted target
Set up new backup process
First backup took 13.4 GB
Second backup took, 706 GB
Third backup took, 11.3 CB
Backups will not complete because of lack of disk space.
Questions:
How can a backup take more space (706 GB) than the data being backed up (403 GB)?
Why doesn't the software manage the incremental back up sets?
Why doesn't the software automatically, after a number of incremental backups, replace the
full backup, delete the incrementals, and start the incremental backups again?
What settings are needed so that I don't have to manually manage the backups every month?
Comment:
I have read numerous posts on the board on the issue of Backup and Incremental Backup Management,
it appears that it is a large problem. The average user just wants it to run successfully without much
intervention, that is: make the back up, make the incremental back up, and at some point reset the baseline
with a full backup replacing the previous full backup, is that so difficult?