backups

Question 1

Full backup

Answer 1

every single folder and file on a device or network is copied.

Question 2

Advantages of a full backup:

Answer 2

It is often faster to produce a full backup copy than an incremental backup copy or a differential backup copy.

Managing a full backup copy is easier as only one file needs to be managed.

Question 3

disadvantages of a full backup:

Answer 3

Making a full backup copy takes up more space than an incremental backup copy or a differential backup copy as each file is copied.

Question 4

Incremental backup

Answer 4

An incremental backup copies all files that have been created or changed since the last incremental backup. Requires the last full backup and all the incrementals since to restore.

Question 5

Advantages incremental backup:

Answer 5

Keeping an incremental backup copy takes up far less space on an external drive.

Question 6

disadvantages of incremental backup

Answer 6

Retrieving an incremental backup copy takes far longer than a full backup copy and differential backup copy.

Managing an incremental backup copy is more difficult as a chain of every single file has to be managed rather than one full backup copy or a differential backup cop.

Question 7

A differential backup

Answer 7

A differential backup copies all files that have been created or changed since the last full backup copy. Requires the last full backup and one differential backup to restore.

Question 8

disadvantages of differential backup:

Answer 8

Keeping a differential backup takes up far less space on an external drive.

Question 9

disadvantages of differential backup:

Answer 9

Retrieving a differential backup copy takes far longer than a full backup copy.

Managing a differential backup copy is more difficult as two files need to be managed rather than one.