Much larger backup size, version 9

There are threads about the incremental backup size of version 9 compared to version 8, particularly after a defrag, being larger, but my question and concern relates to the backup size of version 9 consistently being 15% to 30% larger compared to version 7.x for full backups. I recently upgraded from version 7 to version 9 (build 2032) and usually do individual full backups of separate partitions under W2K, booting from a CD to do so. This problem includes partitions that do not have a swap file.

I have left the compression level at the default for both version 7 and version 9.

Is this a known issue? Will it be resolved in a future build or release?

Mike

 

To answer my own question after some research.

Version 7 had four levels of compression: 1)none 2)minimal 3)normal 4)high.

Version 9 has four levels of compression: 1)none 2)normal 3)high 4)maximum.

By default #3 is used in version 7, and #2 is used in version 9. So it's just different names for roughly the same compression and to make version 9 seem speedier, a lower compression is chosen by default.

Speed and size of compressed files are very close for both versions if #3 (normal) is selected in version 7 and #3 (high) is selected in version 9.

 

Hello Mike_Bailey,

Thank you for choosing Acronis Disk Backup Software.

Please accept my apologies for the delay with the response.

I'm glad to hear that you managed to solve the problem on your own.

If you have any further questions please feel free to ask.

Thank you.
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Alexey Popov