Differential Backup
A backup that copies the changes made since the last full backup.
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Direct-to-Object Backup
A backup or recovery mechanism used to protect data and meet recovery objectives.
View →File-Level Backup
A backup that selects files and folders rather than a full volume or machine.
View →Forever Forward Incremental
Forever Forward Incremental is a concept or mechanism used in backup to maintain an incremental chain by merging the oldest points.
View →Forward Incremental Backup
A method where an initial full backup is followed by incrementals containing changes since the previous point.
View →Full Backup
A backup that copies all the selected data.
View →GFS Backup
GFS organizes long retention backups across multiple horizons.
View →Grandfather-Father-Son (GFS)
A backup or recovery mechanism used to protect data and meet recovery objectives.
View →Image-Level Backup
An image-level backup that captures a machine or VM at disk/volume level rather than only selected files.
View →Immutable backup
An immutable backup cannot be modified or deleted for a defined period.
View →Immutable Backup
A backup that cannot be modified or deleted for a defined period.
View →Incremental Backup
A backup that only copies the data modified since the last relevant backup point.
View →Instant VM Recovery
A backup or recovery mechanism used to protect data and meet recovery objectives.
View →NAS
Network-connected storage equipment that provides files and other services.
View →Object Lock
Object Lock is a concept or mechanism used in backup to prevent the removal of objects for a defined period of time.
View →Object Storage Backup
A backup strategy where the source or destination is API-addressed object storage rather than a traditional filesystem.
View →Performance Tier Backup
A backup or recovery mechanism used to protect data and meet recovery objectives.
View →RAID
An organization of several discs aimed at performance, capacity or tolerance to certain failures.
View →Replication
Regular or continuous copying of data or machines to another location.
View →Rescan Backup Repository
A backup or recovery mechanism used to protect data and meet recovery objectives.
View →Restore Chain
The sequence of backup files or restore points needed to reconstruct data at a selected restore time.
View →Retention Lock Backup
A backup or recovery mechanism used to protect data and meet recovery objectives.
View →Retention Policy Backup
A backup or recovery mechanism used to protect data and meet recovery objectives.
View →RPO
The maximum amount of data an organization agrees to lose after an incident.
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