backup types differences

[Louis.S]

Anyone here could tell me the differences between incremental backup and differential backup. What's more, recommend several great ways to understand it...
Thank u all.

[Ancient Dragon]

Have you tried google? If not, then you should.

[Louis.S]

Have you tried google? If not, then you should.

In fact, I've known the definition of these two, but I couldn't understand when practical operation. I'm not good at such aspect.
Thank u!

[jayreis]

An incremental backup is a backup method in which multiple backups are kept not just the last one. This method of backup is ideal for programmers since there could be times when they may need to go back to an older backup of a system they are building.

verse doing a cumulative backup of all changes made since the last full or normal backup which causes a lot of server load and also takes longer to generate.

Hope this is helpful. As an fyi most professional hosting providers do a incremental backup of all servers in there fleet