What is the difference between incremental backup and differential backup?

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 What is the difference between incremental backup and differential backup?



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Differential backups were the next stage in backup strategy advancement. Only the files that have changed since the last full backup are backed up in a differential backup. Differential backups are more flexible than full backups, but they're still too inconvenient to make more than once a day, particularly as the next complete backup approaches.

Incremental backups likewise only back up modified data, but just the data that has changed since the prior backup, whether it was a complete or incremental backup. Differential incremental backups are frequently referred to as 'differential incremental backups,' whereas cumulative incremental backups are referred to as cumulative incremental backups