Full
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A complete file system or directory
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Everything is in one place
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Requires large numbers of backup tapes that take a long time to
write. Takes longer to retrieve individual files because the drive has to move sequentially
to the point on the tape where the file is located. You might have to search multiple
tapes.
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Incremental
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Only files in the specified
file system that have changed since a previous backup
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Easier to retrieve small changes in file systems
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Finding which incremental tape contains a file
can take time. You might have to go back to last full dump.
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