Comment 3 for bug 807476
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| michael da cova (michael-dacova) wrote Re: [Bug 807476] Re: Auto-Remove not working | #3 |
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On 08/07/11 14:23, Dan wrote:
> You can get the size used by all snapshots by getting the size ("nautilus" or just "du -sh<path>" command) of the folder:
> <SNAPSHOTS PATH>/backintime
>
> I see that you backup virtualbox drives (*.vdi). This file can be real big and change every time you start the virtual machine.
> You should check this files sizes.
I do a backup of my laptop every day before I start using Virtualbox,
and must say BIT has saved me on a number of times
> The problem is that BIT remove old snapshots only after it takes a new one (because it doesn't know how disk space it will use).
> If you take big snapshots you should change the rule to "if free space is less than 50gb" (or more).
I removed one of the snaps and all is working again.
> Regards,
> Dan
>
Keep up the good work, is there a user forum