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 ...

Every good DBA understands that backing up their database data is a non-optional part of assuring data availability and integrity. As a DBA, you need to know the difference between a full image copy ...

As humanity's use of all kinds of technology has grown, terms like backup are no longer unfamiliar to the majority of people. Of course, the concept of a backup existed long before it came to be named ...

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 ...

Backup and recovery done efficiently require use of multiple backup levels carefully thought out so a full backup isn’t needed as often if incremental and differential backups are properly planned.

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 ...

So I've finally decided to try to tackle backing up my data.<BR><BR>I've got about 80 GB of music, 5 GB of photos, and about 10 GB of misc data that would be irreplaceable. I need to back it all up.

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 ...