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NoOne · 08-28-2016, 09:23 PM

I think they do it this way to allow multiple ways users handle things.

if you just backup over the same directory, it saves alot of time, but you cannot have multiple backups... i think most people do it this way and the more "anal," like me, prefer to have multiple backups for each recent big event (personal choices there - for me it's a season, any time sink (effort and time) or any settings change = backup).

the ways it's currently setup allows for each way to work fairly well. you can always "open folder" if you've forgotten which "03" or whatver was used last.

append Year-0X or something that signifies what was done or why you made the backup... get verbose if you want... when i am setting up a league a bakcup will say:

"leaguename 2016-01 - financials overhauled"
"leaguename 2016-02 - Personnel changes made"
"leaguename 2016-03 - league ready, opening day"

after that it's just year-0x most the time. keep last couple seasons worth or so...

Lately i do the basic backup and only rename at end of season... this saves on the time it takes and i keep all the files, not just stats and league history. if you do a clean directory everytime, you want to use the "Full Backup" option each time, which takes forever.

so, i have a WiP that is the same name as the league but also rename it after each season. before i rename it i make a copy of the directory... that way i can continue to use the faster bakcup option. i always backup to same spot but i copy/rename on occasion to save time.

*** there's no reason fo rthe full backup to take so long... i wish they'd pre-allocate memory for all the small file crap... they are not individual files anymore but they are still saved to disk as if they were.... fragmented all over the place and a mechanical HDD can only move that junk around at a snail's pace when it's like kB chunks here and there. it's ll the news itmes and such i think. pre-allocate 40-50mB chunks at a time... no one will notice this extra space taken, but they will certainly notice when their full backups work at 80-120mB/s as opposed to 2-4mB/s -- even on a crappy/cheap HDD. you'd see some improvements on a ssd too.. but tehy aren't hindered as much as mechanical drives by fragmented data.

sequential data transfers still work faster on ssd than non-sequential.. check specs.

08-28-2016, 09:23 PM	#36
NoOne Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 7,246	I think they do it this way to allow multiple ways users handle things. if you just backup over the same directory, it saves alot of time, but you cannot have multiple backups... i think most people do it this way and the more "anal," like me, prefer to have multiple backups for each recent big event (personal choices there - for me it's a season, any time sink (effort and time) or any settings change = backup). the ways it's currently setup allows for each way to work fairly well. you can always "open folder" if you've forgotten which "03" or whatver was used last. append Year-0X or something that signifies what was done or why you made the backup... get verbose if you want... when i am setting up a league a bakcup will say: "leaguename 2016-01 - financials overhauled" "leaguename 2016-02 - Personnel changes made" "leaguename 2016-03 - league ready, opening day" after that it's just year-0x most the time. keep last couple seasons worth or so... Lately i do the basic backup and only rename at end of season... this saves on the time it takes and i keep all the files, not just stats and league history. if you do a clean directory everytime, you want to use the "Full Backup" option each time, which takes forever. so, i have a WiP that is the same name as the league but also rename it after each season. before i rename it i make a copy of the directory... that way i can continue to use the faster bakcup option. i always backup to same spot but i copy/rename on occasion to save time. *** there's no reason fo rthe full backup to take so long... i wish they'd pre-allocate memory for all the small file crap... they are not individual files anymore but they are still saved to disk as if they were.... fragmented all over the place and a mechanical HDD can only move that junk around at a snail's pace when it's like kB chunks here and there. it's ll the news itmes and such i think. pre-allocate 40-50mB chunks at a time... no one will notice this extra space taken, but they will certainly notice when their full backups work at 80-120mB/s as opposed to 2-4mB/s -- even on a crappy/cheap HDD. you'd see some improvements on a ssd too.. but tehy aren't hindered as much as mechanical drives by fragmented data. sequential data transfers still work faster on ssd than non-sequential.. check specs. Last edited by NoOne; 08-28-2016 at 09:31 PM.