# Backing up to multiple destinations?

**URL:** https://forum.duplicati.com/t/backing-up-to-multiple-destinations/393
**Category:** Features
**Created:** [September 1, 2017, 11:55pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/backing-up-to-multiple-destinations/393 "2017-09-01T23:55:50Z")
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### Author: ![JonMikelV](https://forum.duplicati.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/439d5e/32.png) [@JonMikelV](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/JonMikelV)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2017, 8:33pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/backing-up-to-multiple-destinations/393/34 "2017-10-18T20:33:26Z")

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> [@Nelvin](#):
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> I guess the database will stop growing when I don’t keep versions forever - I might change that config at some point

If you’re interested in reducing backup density (thinning versions) over time, the latest canary build (2.0.2.10) has initial support for a `--retention-policy` parameter as described here.

> [@Maximum backup versions?](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/maximum-backup-versions/1029/7):
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> Chiming in here, since this is my code (and my spelling mistakes \*cough\*): Is there any further instruction for how to use this Sadly not. I thought keeping the description somewhat brief might be good, as I was afraid it might scare of users when they see a huge wall of text ^^ I tried to explain the feature and how it works in a comment in the corresponding ticket [Issue 2084 (comment)](https://github.com/duplicati/duplicati/issues/2084#issuecomment-327936049) I think the most important information are: the letters for seconds, minutes, hours, etc are the same …

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