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Originally Posted by Alexandre
The time it takes to execute the backup may be a fraction of the time it takes to perform a full backup.
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Nice explanation Alexandre - just to add to it, if you were having to do a full restore, that time saved in the backup would then be required during the restore.
you would have to use your "full backup" for the initial restore, and then use the incremental to get you to point X (where the last incremental was taken).
Generally, for a lot of stuff now, unless there is a specific archiving requirement, tape is a bit out there... it may well be cheaper to get some online storage offsite somewhere and run something like R1Soft CDP,