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Backup types

Mirror backup
Backing-up is a crucial process that everyone should do in order to have a fail-safe, for when the inevit
make copies of particular data in order to use those copies for restoring the information if a failure oc L AT E S T A R T I C L E S
deletion, corruption, theft, viruses, etc.)
How to back up data files from
You can perform the backup manually by copying the data to a different location or automatically usin SFTP using Backup4all
program has its own approach in executing the backup, but there are four common backup types imp
How to back up data files from
most of these programs: full backup, differential backup, incremental backup and mirror backup. A ty Azure using Backup4all
data is copied from source to destination and lays the grounds of a data repository model (how the ba
How to back up data files from
FTP using Backup4all
The image below provides an overview comparison between these backup types, for detailed informa
the article: How to back up data files from
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Full backup
L AT E S T P LU G I N S
The full backup is the starting point for all other types of backup and contains all the data in the folde
backed up. Because full backup stores all files and folders, frequent full backups result in faster and s SlimCleaner
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Remember that when you choose other backup types, restore jobs may take longer. As an example, fo PowerArchiver
times the representation below is conclusive on how the backed up data will grow with every run: READ MORE
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Since this is the foundation of all other backup types, a detailed article explains it thoroughly: What is

Differential backup
The differential backup contains all files that have changed since the last FULL backup. The advantag
shortens restore time compared to a full backup or an incremental backup. However, if you perform th
times, the size of the differential backup might grow to be larger than the baseline full backup. In the i
example of how a differential backup would look like for a backup job that runs four times:

differential backup

Read the differential backup page for more details.

Incremental backup
Incremental backup stores all files that have changed since the last FULL, DIFFERENTIAL OR INCREM
an incremental backup is that it takes the least time to complete. However, during a restore operation
processed, which could result in a lengthy restore job. The representation below shows how a backup
like when using incremental:

incremental backup

This is one of the most popular backup types.

Mirror backup
The mirror backup is identical to a full backup, with the exception that the files are not compressed in
protected with a password. A mirror backup is most frequently used to create an exact copy of the so
the backup files can also be readily accessed using tools like Windows Explorer. The image below sho
would look after four iterations (the first mirror will backup everything, subsequent fast mirror backup
files):

mirror backup

Smart backup
Smart backup is a backup type which combines the full, differential and incremental backup types wit
efficiently manage the backups in accordance with the backup settings and the free disk space in the
type starts with a full backup. The advantage is that you don't need to worry about the number of back
destination drive, which backup version to clean or merge, as Backup4all will take care of that.

Backup No. Action Smart Incrementa

1 add 2 GB 2GB - Full 2GB - Full

2 modify 500 MB 500 MB - Incr 500 MB - In

3 modify 500 MB 500 MB - Incr 500 MB - In

4 modify 500 MB 500 MB - Diff 500 MB - In

5 modify 500 MB 500 MB - Incr 500 MB - In

6 modify 500 MB 500 MB - Diff & backup 2 and 3 are deleted not enough

7 modify 500 MB 500 MB - Incr

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Backup No. Action Smart Incrementa

9 modify 500 MB 500 MB - Incr

10 modify 500 MB 500 MB - Diff & backup 4 and 5 are deleted

never gets full

For details visit the mirror backup page.

Backup types implemented in Backup4all

Backup4all is one of the pioneer backup applications that implemented all four fundamental backup t
files added/modified/deleted in a unique way as Backup4all stores a summary snapshot of the file inf
file (.bkc). Each time a backup job is run the catalog file is updated. For every file backed up, the snaps
and attributes as well as the date and time of creation, modification, and access.

This method of keeping track of files is the most accurate one. In contrast, some other backup applica
flag to identify which files have been modified. Backup4all will not interfere with any other backup sof
change the Archive flag.

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