The Three Types of Backup
Full Backup
Where all the files and folders selected for the backup will be backed up
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| Fast to recover the data from backup as everything is there in one place. | It can take a long time to copy all the data. |
| It's simple to recover only certain folders and files as well. | Can require a large amount of storage which is inefficient if only a small part of the data ever changes. |
| The user may have changed their system configurations since the last backup, that may be lost when full recovery takes place. |
Incremental Backup
A backup of all changes made since the last backup. The last backup can be a full backup or the last incremental backup. With incremental backups, one full backup is done first and subsequent backup runs are changed files and new files added since the last backup.