Configuring File Replication destination options

 

There are specific destination settings that can be configured for File Replication Method jobs.
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To access these destination settings:

  1. Click Jobs in the navigation bar
  2. Select the File Replication job to be edited and click Edit at the bottom of the window.
  3. Click Destination on the left menu.

Replication mode options *
Choose how you want to replicate data on your portable backup device (REV, external hdd, rdx drive). If you choose to keep a backup history you can also determine how to manage disk space on your backup drives as well as define how many backup sets should be kept on each drive. These settings are used to ensure that there is enough room on your backup device to store new backup sets. For example, if you have limited storage capacity on a drive, you would need to continuously clear your device manually of backup sets to accommodate new ones. It is much easier to let BackupAssist manage disk space and there are a number of different options available.

Single instance store **
Enable single instance store to ensure that only one unique copy of each file is stored on your backup device. This saves both backup time and disk space on your device.
* Option does not appear if you have selected the Mirror rotation scheme in the Scheduling Window
** Option does not appear when the job's Destination is a portable media backup device (external hdd, REV drive, rdx drive)