I haven’t used monitoring tools to look at this, but I believe it determines which blocks need to be written by analyzing the index data in the various backups, and in RDR scenarios, by analyzing the current state of the target. If Reflect had to write each backup sequentially, restores would take noticeably longer, and RDR wouldn’t even be a thing. That said, SSD wear seems to be a hugely overblown concern. The 1TB Samsung 970 Evo Plus that I use in my everyday laptop has an endurance rating of 600 TBW, and based on metrics I can see in Samsung Magician, I won’t get there for about 75 years. Smaller capacity SSDs often have lower ratings, but that seems like plenty of headroom.
Thanks. I assumed Reflect did something like that, but I didn’t see a step in the restore logs where it read the index of each image before starting the restore. It just listed each image once for each partition and says when it's looking for RDR changes.. I guess it doesn’t list everything it does.
Apparently a private (by invitation only) BETA for Macrium REFLECT (v9...?) seems to be in the works for start up. That usually means a new major ALPHA version is ready for multi-user testing. I have no details beyond that (product or otherwise)... just wanted to let everyone know that the process appears to be beginning. Keep an eye on those wallets
Update 10th July v8.1.8110 59MB download, reboot required. Imaging: We've resolved a rare problem that could cause an application error when building a full index from one or more delta indexes. General: When doing an offline activation of a Reflect subscription, Reflect would incorrectly think that the Offline activation code was invalid if the subscription expiry date was more than 2.5 years in the future. This has now been resolved.
Was about to post this. After updating I got a black screen for several minutes. It finally booted as I was digging out my restore disk. Might be worth waiting to see if others have similar issues.
PC World review of Macrium: https://www.pcworld.com/article/2364049/macrium-reflect-home-review.html Acadia
Well we all know that Macrium is one of the best out there, very reliable, but the gui is a confusing mess.
When I started doing imaging I used Macrium. It was a pretty steep learning curve for me at first, but it didn't take long to get in the groove. It has some minor annoyances, but pretty much every software has those.
I guess if you use it alot, I only do 3 or 4 backups a year and it still takes me a 30 seconds to figure out how to do it.
I never bother with any of the incremental and differential stuff. I open the program, all my drives are selected and I click 'back up selected'' Then select which drive to put the backup on, and then go and make a cup of tea (because I am British )
I'd have to somewhat agree, It sometimes takes me a while to find some of the settings as they aren't all where I would have put them. That said it's better than not having the options to begin with.
That's probably what I should do, I make incrementals and then delete them all after a couple of years and start over.
You don't have to be British to enjoy daily Tea. In the Mid-South and Southern areas Sweet Tea is HUGE British would like me because it's been a part of my daily (often times) hourly routine. In any season! On topic though, with Aomei Backupper & now Hasleo Backup Suite front and center for my backup needs, Macrium Reflect might still be in storage but it remains one of my all time favorites anyway. Like @digmor crusher sometimes the settings GUI confuses me but it's only because there's not been the study of it enough to learn all it's effective other features. You must admit it's effective.
@snerd - this is a Patch Update bug just recently discovered, should be fixed in next release. For now, all you have to do is reBOOT your System after the patch and all will be well and the patch will have been applied.
Macrium Reflect Beta v10 https://knowledgebase.macrium.com/display/KNOW80/_VX_BETA https://updates.macrium.com/reflect/v10/v10.0.8127/details10.0.8127.htm
