Which backup type only needs a maximum of two backups to restore all data?
Incremental
Synthetic
Differential
Full
A differential backup backs up only the changes since the last full backup.When it’s time for a recovery it will only ever take at most the last full backup and the latest differential backup.
A differential backup is a type of data backup that preserves data, saving only the difference in the data since the last full backup. The rationale in this is that, since changes to data are generally few compared to the entire amount of data in the data repository, the amount of time required to complete the backup will be smaller than if a full backup was performed every time that the organization or data owner wishes to back up changes since the last full backup. Another advantage, at least as compared to the incremental backup method of data backup, is that at data restoration time, at most two backup media are ever needed to restore all the data. This simplifies data restores as well as increases the likelihood of shortening data restoration time.
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