{"id":3430,"date":"2022-06-14T13:26:55","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T10:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/?p=3430"},"modified":"2022-06-14T13:26:55","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T10:26:55","slug":"the-different-types-of-data-backup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/the-different-types-of-data-backup\/","title":{"rendered":"The Different Types of Data Backup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The only way to tackle data loss incidents is by having a solid backup strategy&nbsp;in place. In fairness, most companies today do back up their data rather diligently. Yet,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.krollontrack.com\/resources\/press\/details\/63920\/kroll-ontrack-research-one-third-of-companies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">one-third<\/a>&nbsp;of them experience problems with data restoration. The dichotomy lies in the way a \u2018backup strategy\u2019 is perceived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the majority, a backup strategy begins and ends with what to backup. For the&nbsp;others, it\u2019s about what to backup and which type of backup to perform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By understanding the different types of backup, then you can choose the <em>right backup strategy<\/em> for your business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:32px\"><strong>Types of data backups<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are three types of backups: full backup, incremental backup and differential backups&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:24px\">1. <strong>Full Backup<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A full backup is the simplest form of backup. A full backup contains all the data (folders and files in hard drives) that you select\/set to be backed up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Features:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Least time to restore data.<\/li><li>Longest time to backup data compared to the other types we shall discuss next.<\/li><li>Takes up the most storage space. This is why most businesses will complement full backup with differential or incremental backup to reduce the burden on the storage space.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:24px\">2. <strong>Incremental Backup<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>An incremental backup includes only data that was not backed up the last time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Features:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Only needs space to store the changes (increments).<\/li><li>Can be completed very fast.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:24px\">3. <strong>Differential Backup<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Differential backups include only data that was has changed (edited or added) since the most recent full backup. When restoring data from differential backups, you need only restore the initial full backup and the most recent incremental backup.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Simply put, a full backup is done first, and then data (files or folders) that was created or changed since the last full backup are backed up. Simply put<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Features:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Faster data restoration than full backup.<\/li><li>Requires two components to restore \u2013 the initial full backup and the latest differential backup.<\/li><li>If restoring backups made from incremental backups, you must restore each incremental backup in the order that it was created, beginning with the full backup.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s how a differential backup works:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Day 1<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Schedule a full backup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Day 2<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Schedule a differential backup. It will cover all the&nbsp;changes that&nbsp;took&nbsp;place&nbsp;between Day 1 and Day 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Day 3<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Schedule a differential backup. It will make a copy of all the data that has changed from Day 2&nbsp;(this&nbsp;includes&nbsp;the full&nbsp;backup&nbsp;on Day 1 + differential backup) and Day 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:32px\"><strong>Summary of the differences between full, incremental and differential backups<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Full<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Differential<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Incremental<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Storage space required<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>High<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Medium to high<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Low<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Backup speed<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Slowest<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Fast<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Fastest<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Speed of restoration<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Fastest<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Fast<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Slowest<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Recovery Media required<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Most recent backup only<\/strong><\/td><td>Most recent full backup &amp; most recent differential backup<\/td><td>Most recent full backup &amp; all incremental backups since full backup<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Duplication<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Stores a lot of duplicate files<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/td><td>Stores duplicate files<strong><\/strong><\/td><td>No duplicate files<strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Another type of backup \u2013 often used in disaster recovery strategies is the disk image backup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong>Disk Image Backup<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>An image backup includes everything on the disk (data files as well as operating system &#8211; including any hidden or system files). You can use incremental or differential images to supplement your full image backup.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related articles<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/is-your-company-backup-strategy-resilient\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Is your company&#8217;s backup strategy resilient?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/why-data-recovery-is-important\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Importance of data recovery<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/the-golden-3-2-1-backup-rule\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The golden 3-2-1 backup strategy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The only way to tackle data loss incidents is by having a solid backup strategy&nbsp;in place. In fairness, most companies today do back up their data rather diligently. Yet,&nbsp;one-third&nbsp;of them experience problems with data restoration. The dichotomy lies in the way a \u2018backup strategy\u2019 is perceived. For the majority, a backup strategy begins and ends [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3431,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[283],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Data Backup: The Different Types | Kaluari<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This article discusses the different types of data backup that companies or individuals can carry out and what features make them different.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/the-different-types-of-data-backup\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Data Backup: The Different Types | Kaluari\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This article discusses the different types of data backup that companies or individuals can carry out and what features make them different.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/the-different-types-of-data-backup\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Kaluari Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/msgafricaltd\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-06-14T10:26:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Data-backup-differences.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"360\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"240\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"the_leaders\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@msgafricaltd\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@msgafricaltd\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"the_leaders\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/the-different-types-of-data-backup\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/the-different-types-of-data-backup\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"the_leaders\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/d2ec682ba327149927593938af3f9d14\"},\"headline\":\"The Different Types of Data Backup\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-06-14T10:26:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-06-14T10:26:55+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/the-different-types-of-data-backup\/\"},\"wordCount\":568,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Cloud backup and Disaster recovery\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/the-different-types-of-data-backup\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/the-different-types-of-data-backup\/\",\"name\":\"Data Backup: The Different Types | Kaluari\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-06-14T10:26:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-06-14T10:26:55+00:00\",\"description\":\"This article discusses the different types of data backup that companies or individuals can carry out and what features make them different.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/the-different-types-of-data-backup\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/the-different-types-of-data-backup\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/the-different-types-of-data-backup\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Different Types of Data Backup\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Kaluari Blog\",\"description\":\"Leading-edge Business Solutions\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Message Labs Africa\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\",\"caption\":\"Message Labs Africa\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/msgafricaltd\/\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/msgafricaltd\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/d2ec682ba327149927593938af3f9d14\",\"name\":\"the_leaders\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7ca448387530cb3177261ca8cd87ff2a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7ca448387530cb3177261ca8cd87ff2a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"the_leaders\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Data Backup: The Different Types | Kaluari","description":"This article discusses the different types of data backup that companies or individuals can carry out and what features make them different.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/the-different-types-of-data-backup\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Data Backup: The Different Types | Kaluari","og_description":"This article discusses the different types of data backup that companies or individuals can carry out and what features make them different.","og_url":"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/the-different-types-of-data-backup\/","og_site_name":"Kaluari Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/msgafricaltd\/","article_published_time":"2022-06-14T10:26:55+00:00","og_image":[{"width":360,"height":240,"url":"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Data-backup-differences.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"the_leaders","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@msgafricaltd","twitter_site":"@msgafricaltd","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"the_leaders","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/the-different-types-of-data-backup\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/the-different-types-of-data-backup\/"},"author":{"name":"the_leaders","@id":"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/d2ec682ba327149927593938af3f9d14"},"headline":"The Different Types of Data Backup","datePublished":"2022-06-14T10:26:55+00:00","dateModified":"2022-06-14T10:26:55+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/the-different-types-of-data-backup\/"},"wordCount":568,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Cloud backup and Disaster recovery"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/the-different-types-of-data-backup\/","url":"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/the-different-types-of-data-backup\/","name":"Data Backup: The Different Types | Kaluari","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-06-14T10:26:55+00:00","dateModified":"2022-06-14T10:26:55+00:00","description":"This article discusses the different types of data backup that companies or individuals can carry out and what features make them different.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/the-different-types-of-data-backup\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/the-different-types-of-data-backup\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/the-different-types-of-data-backup\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Different Types of Data Backup"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/","name":"Kaluari Blog","description":"Leading-edge Business Solutions","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Message Labs Africa","url":"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"","contentUrl":"","caption":"Message Labs Africa"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/msgafricaltd\/","https:\/\/twitter.com\/msgafricaltd"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/d2ec682ba327149927593938af3f9d14","name":"the_leaders","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7ca448387530cb3177261ca8cd87ff2a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7ca448387530cb3177261ca8cd87ff2a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"the_leaders"}}]}},"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3430"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3430"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3435,"href":"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3430\/revisions\/3435"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaluari.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}