Forever Incremental Backup Explained

Iris Li

Forever Incremental Backup is a strategy that, after an initial full backup, only captures changes and uses a background index to present full restore points on demand. Key benefits:

Massive space savings: Only one full backup; thereafter, only increments, eliminating redundant data.

Fast backups: Smaller change sets mean shorter backup windows and less impact on production.

Flexible restores: Restore any point in time instantly without manual merging of increments.

Bandwidth efficient: Ideal for offsite or cloud backups thanks to minimal network usage.

For detailed implementation, usage tips, and common pitfalls, see the full article below:
What is Forever Incremental Backup?

Quentin

If your incrementals chain gets too long, recovery can slow down. I schedule a fresh full every quarter and prune old increments—keeps indices lean and restores fast.

Sylas Beaumont

Restoring any point in time without manual increment merging is a game‑changer. 👍

Miles

I’m new to backup strategies and still learning the lingo. I understand that Forever Incremental only sends deltas after the initial full, which saves space locally and in the cloud. But if I run this long‑term, won’t the index keep growing? How do you manage or prune it?