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. May 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. May have to go back to last full dump.
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