About Selecting A Backup Destination - Symantec GHOST - V 15.0 Manual

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About selecting a backup destination

About selecting a backup destination
You should review the following information before deciding where to store
recovery points and file and folder backup data.
Note: If you choose to use CDs or DVDs as your backup destination (not
recommended), you cannot back up to a sub-folder on the disk. Backup data must
be created at the root of CDs and DVDs.
The following table contains information that you need to consider when selecting
a backup destination.
Selecting a backup destination
Table 5-1
Backup destination
Local hard drive, USB drive,
or FireWire drive
(recommended)
Information to consider
The benefits of this option are as follows:
Fast backup and recovery
Can schedule unattended backups
Inexpensive because drive space can be overwritten
repeatedly
Off-site storage is possible
Reserves hard drive space for other uses
Although you can save the recovery point to the same drive
that you are backing up, it is not recommended for the
following reasons:
As the number or size of recovery points grows, you will
have less disk space available for regular use.
The recovery point is included in subsequent recovery
points of the drive, which increases the size of those
recovery points.
If the computer suffers a catastrophic failure, you may
not be able to recover the recovery point you need, even
if you save it to a different drive on the same hard disk.