oskarrough
Member
As an example I'm backing up my Documents, Music and Library folders.
It would be nice to be able to prioritize them, meaning that if Documents was pending while Music was being backed up, it would pause music and continue Documents.
Another way would be to be able to put specific folders on standby for backup. Perhaps a bit like the pause function in the menu bar (which is fantastic!)
Actually the file/folder selection is going to change quite a bit in the future. It'll be more like Dropbox's selective sync UI, and will be per-volume (to better handle network volumes). I'm not sure how I would work prioritizing into that, but I'll think about it.
oskarrough
Member
Thanks.
Another idea would be to implement a sort-of postpone feature. Say, postpone backup of Library folder one week.
Many folders I only need to backup once a week or even month. I don't want to use my S3 money on backing up something that's being changed the next hour anyway.
Good point. I need to re-think the scheduling now that Amazon is charging for inbound data transfer.
mikes
Member
Stefan, you may want to also consider having a rule added for low priority items that change drastically get promoted to the "next cycle" of backup. Maybe have tiers of frequency. Like Oskarrough said, "Many folders I only need to backup once a week or even month", but if that folder change by 50% or more in a day, maybe that's something that needs to be updated sooner than the next month. Maybe have all backups setup with a medium priority, then the user can go in and "promote" or "demote" certain folders, etc. That way really important (to the individual user) data gets' the most updates to S3 and the lesser, nice-to-have data, is done less periodically. And, heck, add a button titled "EVERYTHING NOW" to grab all changes to the configured folders uploaded to S3 ASAP.
I know that may be aiming a little high for functionality, but that would be one kickin' feature.
-Mike
