Questions about "data hungry" Apps

I’m specifically testing BackupPC, but these could apply to any installed App, regardless of the data volume.

The data store for BackupPC is a folder within it’s own file system , so when that App is backed up by NS8’s own Backup, all of that data is included. Is there a way to exclude certain directories from the NS8 backup.

Can NS8’s backup be modified to separate configuration and data so in cases where the user didn’t want/need the data backed up can still save the configuration.

Second issue. Can I use a mounted directory (NFS/SMB/local disk) as the data directory, so I can keep the size of the NS8 disk/partition down to a reasonable size without having to cater for any App’s data requirements.

Cheers.

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