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Vini wrote:
What I am trying to understand is the differences between incremental and differential backup. They both are meant to backup the modified files since the last full backup so what is the difference between them?
Somebody correct me if what I say is wrong...
Differential is exactly what you say: It backs up the files changed since the last Full backup. In practice that means that for a full restore you just need the last Full and the last Differential backup.
Incremental is a little different: It backs up the files changed since the last backup (be that Full or Incremental). As a result of that, to do a full restore you will need the last Full backup and ALL Incrementals that happened since then.
Greetings,
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