linkCopy

Instead of specifying multiple to backends for a given location you can also use the copy option. Instead of recalculating the backup multiple times, you can copy the freshly copied snapshot from one backend to the other, avoiding recomputation.

linkExample

.autorestic.yml
1linklocations:

2link  my-location:

3link    from: /data

4link    to:

5link      - a #Fast

6link      - b #Fast

7link      - c #Slow

Becomes

.autorestic.yml
1linklocations:

2link  my-location:

3link    from: /data

4link    to:

5link      - a

6link      - b

7link    copy:

8link      a:

9link        - c

Instead of backing up to each backend separately, you can choose that the snapshot created to a will be copied over to c, avoiding heavy computation on c.