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Slow Restore if incremental backups using RDiff.exe

As per my understanding, if I take incremental backups using RDiff.exe the restoring process could take very long. Say for instance I have 50 increments. I will have to patch the first backup and then its Deltas and that too into a new file. This will continue 50 times until I reach the last backup. Please correct me if I am wrong. I was trying to avoid Differential backup. I use Windows OS and Delphi .

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Geert G

that's why you should take full backups too
you determine how frequent the full backups have to be based on how big the volume is and how much time/backup volume you want to save
it's a bit difficult to give advice about the frequency without facts

Allan_Fernandes

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I read about Reverse incremental backup somewhere but did not grasp the logic entirely. Please let me know if I am right in my understanding. With Reverse incremental backup I will have to do a Patching process each time at the destination side so that I always have the latest backup ready for Restore always available with me.
Thanks for your earlier answers.

David Johnson, CD

Reverse incremental means that the backup main file is changed added blocks are added and deleted blocks are removed, with the changes being written to a roll back file. one disadvantage is that it requires a lot of disk io and the backup file can get very fragmented. Each backup method has their advantages and disadvantages.

https://bp.veeam.expert/job_configuration/backup_methods.html