Backups that use the DS-Client buffer can benefit from the block-level resume feature, which allows a backup to continue from the last successful file block backed up if the DS-System has received at least 100 MB of compressed data.

The benefit increases with the size of the file being backed up. If the backup process is interrupted, DS-Client attempts to reconnect a specified number of times to resume the backup. Without the block-level resume feature, a backup of a large file that is interrupted restarts from the beginning of the file.

The following backups support the block-level resume feature: