{"id":150,"date":"2017-02-09T18:44:07","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T18:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/securedstorebackup.com\/?page_id=150"},"modified":"2017-02-11T16:48:30","modified_gmt":"2017-02-11T16:48:30","slug":"differential-and-incremental-backups","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/backup.securedstore.net\/index.php\/features\/differential-and-incremental-backups\/","title":{"rendered":"Differential and Incremental backups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; specialty=&#8221;off&#8221; inner_shadow=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#2ea3f2&#8243;][et_pb_fullwidth_header admin_label=&#8221;Differential and Incremental backups&#8221; title=&#8221;Differential and Incremental backups&#8221; subhead=&#8221;What to choose&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; header_fullscreen=&#8221;off&#8221; header_scroll_down=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;off&#8221; content_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; image_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_button_one=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_letter_spacing=&#8221;0&#8243; button_one_use_icon=&#8221;default&#8221; button_one_icon_placement=&#8221;right&#8221; button_one_on_hover=&#8221;on&#8221; button_one_letter_spacing_hover=&#8221;0&#8243; custom_button_two=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_letter_spacing=&#8221;0&#8243; button_two_use_icon=&#8221;default&#8221; button_two_icon_placement=&#8221;right&#8221; button_two_on_hover=&#8221;on&#8221; button_two_letter_spacing_hover=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><i>Differential<\/i> and <b><i>Incremental<\/i><\/b>\u00a0 backups are called \u201cIntelligent\u201d backups. Because only a small percentage of information on a computer changes on a daily basis, running a full-sized backup every day can result in wasted time and disk space. Differential and Incremental backups allow you to backup only these changes in different ways; saving time, space and money. Keep reading to learn more about Differential and Incremental backups and why you should care about them.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_fullwidth_header][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;What is Recommended &#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>What is Recommended<\/h2>\n<p>Most backup companies recommend a full backup weekly as part of an overall backup\/data-integrity plan. Additionally, <em>Full<\/em> backups are recommended if there are major changes to a system (e.g. a change in Operating Systems, an update in software or new software installation).<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Differential backups&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3><i>Differential <\/i>backups<\/h3>\n<p><i>Differential <\/i>backups: Differential backups are based on the last full backup performed and backup all changes since the last <em>Full<\/em> backup was performed.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Incremental backups&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3><i>Incremental<\/i><i> <\/i>backups<\/h3>\n<p><i>Incremental<\/i><i> <\/i>backups: Incremental backups are based on the last backup performed and backup only the changes since that last backup (<em>Full<\/em> or <em>Differential<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-226 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/backup.securedstore.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/backup_transparent-300x224-300x224.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" \/><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Incremental and Differential backups&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4><i>Incremental<\/i> and <i>Differential<\/i> backups<\/h4>\n<p><i>Incremental<\/i> and <i>Differential<\/i> backups were both designed to allow you to backup only files that have changed, although they differ on which files are selected. Incremental backups will back up any changes you have made since your last backup (regardless of type), whereas <i>Differential<\/i> backs up all of the changes since your last <i>Full<\/i> backup.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Overall backup strategy&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4>Overall backup strategy<\/h4>\n<p>As part of your overall backup strategy, the option to select an <i>Incremental<\/i> backup a or <i>Differential<\/i> backup can help manage your data storage and backup job speed. For more detailed information relating to how Differential or Incremental backups differ<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Enhanced backup performance&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>Enhanced <i>Incremental<\/i> and <i>Differential<\/i>\u00a0 backup performance<\/h3>\n<p>Traditionally, <i>Incremental<\/i> and <i>Differential<\/i> \u00a0backups of large files and databases don\u2019t conform to small backup windows \u2013 it just takes too long to scan, compare, and identify what\u2019s changed before the backup can begin. 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