Cobian Reflector • Compression types

Hi,
Firstly, congratulations on reaching the milestone of releasing Reflector!
This is not my only backup mechanism, and my intention for this particular backup is to generate a single encoded ZIP file containing all of the files within a particular directory structure. My question is about the "compression type" options under the "archive" tab. The dropdown menu provides the options of: (i) compress files individually, (ii) separated monolithic archives, and (iii) global monolithic archive.
1) Which of these options is appropriate for what I'm trying to achieve?
2) What is the difference between separated and global? e.g. What is separated and on what basis?
3) What file type is the archive?
4) The latter two are labeled "not recommended" - can you explain why?

Thanks,
Paul

Statistics: Posted by paulkaye — 20 Apr 2022, 10:25

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