When looking for the right data backup solutions for your business, you first need to understand the three core types of protection:
1) Full backup: Copies entire blocks of selected data and is the most time and storage consuming method.
2) Incremental backup: Copies only the data that’s changed since the last incremental backup and is the least time and storage consuming. After a full backup recovery, each incremental restore will need to be performed in succession to recover to the last point in time.
3) Differential backup: Copies all changes since the last full backup. The result is a smaller backup than a full backup but larger than the incremental backup. After a full backup recovery, you only need to restore from the latest differential to recover to the last point in time.