HP0-J73 · Question #187
A company has deployed a large file share, and expects a large amount of data to change each day. They would like to minimize the backup window for the file share. Which type of nightly backup should
The correct answer is D. incremental. Incremental backups capture only data changed since the last backup operation, making them the fastest and most storage-efficient option for nightly backups.
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A company has deployed a large file share, and expects a large amount of data to change each day. They would like to minimize the backup window for the file share. Which type of nightly backup should the company implement?
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- Adifferential
- Bsynthetic full
- Cfull
- Dincremental
How the community answered
(27 responses)- A11% (3)
- B7% (2)
- C4% (1)
- D78% (21)
Why each option
Incremental backups capture only data changed since the last backup operation, making them the fastest and most storage-efficient option for nightly backups.
Differential backups capture all data changed since the last full backup, so the backup set grows larger each successive day, increasing the backup window over time rather than minimizing it.
A synthetic full backup is constructed from existing full and incremental backups by the backup software, which simplifies restores but does not reduce the nightly backup window.
A full backup copies all data every night regardless of what changed, making it the most time-consuming option and maximizing rather than minimizing the backup window.
Incremental backups copy only the data that has changed since the last full or incremental backup, resulting in the smallest backup size and shortest backup window each night. This is critical when a large proportion of data changes daily, as each nightly run processes only the delta rather than the full dataset or all changes accumulated since the last full backup.
Concept tested: Incremental vs differential vs full backup strategies
Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/backup/backup-architecture
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