60 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009Editing images, mounted in R/W mode, results in creating incremental backups, that area kind of offshoots of the incremental chain. Such backups are always excluded from thearchive being imported.4.5.7 Limiting access to Acronis Backup ServerTo access the Acronis Backup Server options, connect the console to the backup serverand select Tools -> Options from the menu.1. Maximum number of connectionsThis comes in handy when you want to back up a group of computers quickly and notallow users to access the backup server at the time. Generally, limiting number of taskssimultaneously processed by Acronis Backup Server may speed up each taken separatelybackup procedure at the expense of its possible delay.If maximum number of connections is set, then some agents or local Acronis True Imagefor Microsoft Small Business Server versions may be unable to access the serverimmediately after starting their task. They will be trying to connect to the server every 5seconds until the connection is allowed. Therefore, the real backup start time may differfrom the scheduled one. If it is not practical or efficient for you, be aware of this settingwhen creating group tasks so that number of computers in the group does not exceed thelimit you set.By default, the number of connections is unlimited. This corresponds to setting “0”. Theconsole connection to Acronis Backup Server is not counted.2. Limit bandwidth for a connection to:Limiting bandwidth for each connection helps equalize the server usage amongsimultaneously running tasks. Practice is the best way to determine the correct limit. Inmost cases you can leave it as is.By default, bandwidth per connection is not limited. This corresponds to setting “0”.
