Incremental backup

An incremental backup is one in which successive copies of the data contain only the portion that has changed since the preceding backup copy was made.[1][2][3][4] When a full recovery is needed, the restoration process would need the last full backup plus all the incremental backups until the point of restoration.[5] Incremental backups are often desirable as they reduce storage space usage, and are quicker to perform than differential backups.[6]

  1. ^ Description of Full, Incremental, and Differential Backups. Microsoft Support. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  2. ^ 3.3.2. Making an Incremental Backup. (MySQL Enterprise Backup User's Guide (Version 3.7.1) :: II Using MySQL Enterprise Backup :: 3 Backing Up a Database Server :: 3.3 Backup Scenarios and Examples :: 3.3.2 Making an Incremental Backup). MySQL. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  3. ^ ARCserve Backup r16-ENU/Bookshelf_Files/PDF/AB_MS_EXCHANGE_W_ENU.pdf CA ARCserve Backup for Windows: Agent for Microsoft Exchange Server Guide, r16 CA Technologies Technical Support. Page 52. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  4. ^ What are the differences between Differential and Incremental backups?. Archived 2012-09-04 at the Wayback Machine Symantec Enterprise Technical Support. Article: TECH7665. Created: 2000-01-27; Updated: 2012-05-12. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  5. ^ SQL Server differential backups. Carlos Rojas. EMC Community Network. EMC Corporation. 2 March 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  6. ^ NetApp SnapMirror Block Level Incremental Backup to Tape with NetVault Backup. Archived 2013-07-11 at archive.today Charles Keiper, Senior Product Manager. Quest Software. 1 August 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2012.