Backup Strategy

rsync-time-machine uses an intelligent backup expiration strategy to manage disk space while keeping important historical snapshots.

Backup Expiration Logic

Backup sets are automatically deleted following a simple expiration strategy defined with the --strategy flag. The default strategy is 1:1 30:7 365:30. Please see the original README for a detailed explanation.

No Automatic Backup Expiration

Use the --no-auto-expire flag to disable the default behavior of purging old backups when out of space.