[Box Backup] Boxi R657 and Box Backup R2549: Some files are skipped without error or warning

[Chris Wilson]

Hi Achim,

On Wed, 5 Aug 2009, Achim wrote:

>> Are the files in the profile directory sufficiently old to be older 
>> than the MinimumFileAge? If not, they will not be backed up and there 
>> will not be any warning, as this is the definition of MinimumFileAge, 
>> and it's expected that regular backups will continue and will 
>> eventually back up these files. This should be true of both Box Backup 
>> and Boxi.
>
> You are, of course, correct: the files we not sufficiently old to be 
> older than the MinimumFileAge (default: 21600 seconds, 6 hours).
>
> The default of 6 hours sure seems high from my perspective, given the 
> "locality" of data: in the worst case scenario, do you really want to 
> lose 6 hours of work? Would you consider lowering that value to 30 
> minutes or so, or where does the 6h value come from?

I would definitely consider changing this. Does anyone have anu objections 
to lowering the default MinimumFileAge to 30 minutes?

> In any case, does this refer to the modified, accessed, or changed time
> [1]?

Windows has Created, Modified and Accessed times. Unix has Modified, 
Changed and Accessed. We use Modified in both cases.

Cheers, Chris.
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