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Consolidation
Combining two or more subsequent backup
versions (p. 164) belonging to the same
backup (p. 164) into a single backup version.
The consolidation procedure allows you to
delete the backup versions you no longer
need from any backup chain while maintaining
the consistency of chain's backups. A chain to
be consolidated consists of a full backup and
one or more incremental backups.
Consolidation keeps whichever backups you
choose and deletes any backups that are not
selected. Note that consolidation may take a
lot of time and system resources (including
disk space).
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Differential backup
1. A backup method used for saving data
changes that occurred since the last full
backup version (p. 165) within a backup.
2. A backup process that creates a
differential backup version (p. 165).
Differential backup version
A differential backup version stores changes
to the data against the latest full backup
version (p. 165). You need access to the
corresponding full backup version to recover
the data from a differential backup version.
Disk backup (Image)
A backup (p. 164) that contains a sector-based
copy of a disk or a partition in packaged form.
Normally, only sectors that contain data are
copied. Acronis True Image Home 2011
Netbook Edition provides an option to take a
raw image, that is, copy all the disk sectors,
which enables imaging of unsupported file
systems.
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Full backup
1. A backup method that is used to save all
the data selected to back up.
2. A backup process that creates a full
backup version (p. 165).
Full backup version
A self-sufficient backup version (p. 164)
containing all data chosen for backup. You do
not need access to any other backup version
to recover the data from a full backup version.
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Image
The same as Disk backup (p. 165).
Incremental backup
1. A backup method used for saving data
changes that occurred since the last
backup version (p. 164) (of any type)
within a backup.
2. A backup process that creates an
incremental backup version (p. 165).
Incremental backup version
A backup version (p. 164) that stores changes
to the data against the latest backup version.
You need access to other backup versions
from the same backup (p. 164) to restore data
from an incremental backup version.
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Online backup
Online backup - a backup that is created using
Acronis Online Backup. Online backups are
stored in a special storage named the Online
storage, accsessible over the Internet. The
main advantage of an online backup is that all
backups are stored on the remote location. It
gives a garantee that all backed up data will
be safe independently of a user local storages.