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As a question - how big is everyone's backup getting with the imported items ?

This should be easy if you are using version 4 - set your autobackup to occur and save a copy to whatever drive you want - thumb drive, NAS, etc. and see how big.

We scan everything in and use a fairly good resolution so things are very readable (have seen other offices use low res - fuzzy, etc) and my files after 4-5 years are 3.66 gb in size. How does this compare ?

Steven,

We have only imported items from letters, etc. The same files we would import would be 4.6GBs. This is my opinion, but I would guess given that the imported items probably aren't as critical, I would probably back them up separately or with the server backup as long as you have the links via the database. Of course, it could be different with SQL in which case just tell me to shut up. But nicely please.

I have a Canon all-in-one laser printer, scanner, fax, copier (MF6590).
I started scanning at 300 resolution and my files were 300KB average and they did not look really good; then I tried 400 resolution and the quality is now great and the files are pretty small, almost never more than 100kb. I guess it defines better what is blank space, for which no memory is needed.

I do use a NAS drive which is located across my parking lot in another building and I just set it to autobackup using AC's utility. The compressed files are less than 4.2 gb and that would allow me to restore all files including my imported items. I am lucky with the other building and such, but thumb drives that are 8 gb are getting cheaper and I really don't think it is worth scrimping and not backing up everything given a chance.

My 300's generally look good. Are you scanning in B&W or color? Interesting that higher resolution would give you a smaller file though.

With the cost of storage these days, I would go for resolution over size.