Incremental backup - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incremental_backupThe most basic form of incremental backup consists of identifying, recording and thus, preserving only those files that have changed since the last backup. Since changes are typically low, incremental backups are much smaller and quicker than full backups. For instance, following a full backup on Friday, a Monday backup will contain only those files that changed since Friday. A Tuesday backup contains only those files that changed since Monday, and so on. A full restorati…
Incremental forever backup strategy - IBM
www.ibm.com › c_ve_backup_incrforeverIncremental forever backup strategy. An incremental forever backup strategy minimizes backup windows while providing faster recovery of your data. Data Protection for VMware provides a backup strategy called incremental forever. Rather than scheduling weekly (periodic) full backups, this backup solution requires only one initial full backup.