In this discussion on incremental vs differential backup, we define the two terms using definitions that most people in the industry agree upon. There are complications in terminology, however, and we ...

Full-file incremental forever, block-level incremental forever or source depulication? The best way to choose is to perform backup and recovery tests and evaluate the performance of each method. A ...

Bernard Shen, a technology consultant at aerospace company BAE Systems North America Inc., went from shipping 1,200 data archive tapes to an off-site storage facility every 90 days to sending just 200 ...

MacFixIt reader Scott Rose reports a significant lapse in Backup 3.0 functionality -- the inability to automatically delete old incremental backup sessions when space is running. Scott writes: "We ...

Incremental or differential backup: Which should you choose? In this article, we take a look at these two key concepts in backup, looking at the pros and cons of each, as well as point to resources ...