Types of Backup

In the “Types of Backup” category you can find descriptions of different types of backup and media rotation schemes.

• Archival Backup
  “An archival backup is a type of backup in which all files are copied to a backup storage device. Archival backups are also called full backup...”
  

• Cumulative Incremental Backup
  “A cumulative incremental backup is a backup of all data files that have been modified since the last archival backup. Some backup programs employ...”
  

• Differential Backup
  “Differential backup is a process of backing up only the files that have changed since the last FULL backup. This backup requires only the most recent...”
  

• Full Backup
  “A full backup is a copy of all selected files (sometimes most of hard disk files), kept on a different storage media, for use in emergencies. It...”
  

• Tar Backup
  “"Tar backup" means to backup your data using tar compression. It is very useful, for example: "by using compression, you can usually store more than...”
  

• Image Backup. Hard Disk Drive Imaging.
  “Image backup, also called disk image, or HDD snapshot, is a backup of a hard drive that is created through “sector-by-sector” copying of...”
  

• What is an Incremental Backup
  “An incremental backup is a backup in which only the files that have been modified since the last backup are copied. Cumulative backups and...”
  

• Serverless Backup Software Systems
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• Simple backup
  “A simple backup is the elementary type of files backup. Each time a compressed archive file is created, the new version of backup file replaces the...”
  

• Total Backup
  “Total backup is a method of computer backup that expects that you don’t perform explicit selection of data, but back up everything without any...”