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...”
  

• Backup rotation schedule
  “Backup rotation schedule is a schedule, which defines how often a backup is performed, how the data is backed up, which media is used and the amount...”
  

• Backup rotation scheme
  “A backup rotation scheme is a scheme, involving backup media rotation determining various parameters of the backup process. Now nearly every 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...”
  

• Grandfather-father-son backup
  “A Grandfather-father-son backup is a backup according to the most widely used backup rotation schedule Grandfather-father-son. Currently, Handy...”
  

• 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...”
  

• Round robin schedule
  “A round robin schedule is a schedule, including a rotation of all the objects in the schedule, making sure that every object is engaged in the...”
  

• Serverless Backup Definition and Benefits
  “Serverless backup is a type of network-based backup which does not call for any resources of main server for performing backup tasks. These are two...”
  

• 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...”
  

• System Backup
  “A system backup is a backup of all system files, which allows restoring the operating system to a working state after a crash. Usually only special...”
  

• 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...”