{"id":5420,"date":"2015-06-03T16:46:41","date_gmt":"2015-06-03T16:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/blog\/?p=5420"},"modified":"2019-11-07T05:38:02","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T05:38:02","slug":"weapons-of-choice-when-to-use-file-backups-vs-imaging-backups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/blog\/weapons-of-choice-when-to-use-file-backups-vs-imaging-backups","title":{"rendered":"Weapons of Choice: When to Use File Backups vs Imaging Backups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/blog\/news\/weapons-of-choice-when-to-use-file-backups-vs-imaging-backups\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5421 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/06\/file-vs-image.jpg\" alt=\"when to use file backups vs imaging backups\" width=\"640\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/06\/file-vs-image.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/06\/file-vs-image-300x117.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pretty much any contemporary backup solution you find is going to allow you to perform backups both at the image level, and at the file level. &nbsp;But when will each backup type best suit the kind&nbsp;of data you&#8217;re looking to protect?<\/p>\n<p>Right off the bat we\u2019ll say that most of the time imaging backups are going to be best practice.&nbsp; But let\u2019s take a look at what the difference between two backup types actually is, and when file backups will play their part.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left\">When Imaging Backups Are the Tool You Need<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5424\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/06\/slide-252098_640.jpg\" alt=\"when it's better to use imaging backups than file backups\" width=\"450\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/06\/slide-252098_640.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/06\/slide-252098_640-300x167.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At the end of the day, an imaging backup (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/BackupAssist\/tour_Imaging.html\">System Protection<\/a>, as we call it in BackupAssist)&nbsp;is&nbsp;your bread and butter. &nbsp;It&#8217;s a more comprehensive type of backup that will allow you to recover entire systems to same or dissimilar hardware. &nbsp;This is important, because in the event of a disaster it&#8217;s going to cause both a lot of downtime and potentially a significant amount of data loss if you only have File Protection backups. &nbsp;This is because you will need to install and configure an entirely new operating system, which can take more time than simply performing a recovery, and then restoring your file only backups back onto your system.<\/p>\n<p>For protecting critical data and applications, image backups are generally what you&#8217;ll want to turn to. &nbsp;However, there are circumstances where file backups will play their part too.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left\">When File Backups Will Serve You Best<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5423\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/06\/leaves-374246_640.jpg\" alt=\"When files backups are best\" width=\"450\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/06\/leaves-374246_640.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/06\/leaves-374246_640-300x167.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">As the name suggests, file backups work at the file-level &#8211; meaning you&#8217;re protecting individual files, folders and application data. &nbsp;File backups are generally faster to carry out than an imaging backup. &nbsp;They&#8217;re also better suited to&nbsp;<em>restoration<\/em>&nbsp;(as opposed to recovery, which we&#8217;ll talk about in a moment) of smaller amounts of data &#8211; i.e. restoring files following accidental deletion, corruption of data or similar situations that don&#8217;t require&nbsp;recovery of entire systems or large databases.<\/p>\n<p>With a file-level backup, you&#8217;ll be able to easily access the data you need. &nbsp;In fact, in most cases you won&#8217;t need to have the backup software installed on the machine you want to restore the files to: you can just drag and drop them back across directly from the backup destination.<\/p>\n<p>However, what you won&#8217;t be able to do with file backups is recover your entire systems following a server crash or some other form of disaster. &nbsp;This is a very big deal, and it&#8217;s why we always insist that our users should be using System Protection as their core backup method. &nbsp;What&#8217;s more, file-level backups may actually be slower to restore than image-backups (particularly those that exclude system files) when restoring larger data sets.<\/p>\n<p>As an FYI, BackupAssist offers two different file-level backup types:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/BackupAssist\/windows-file-level-backup.html\">File Protection<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/BackupAssist\/file-archival-backup-compression.html\">File Archiving<\/a>. &nbsp;File Protection is your go-to file backup for creating quick, easy to access backups of file, folders and application data. &nbsp;It can also be used to send data offsite by using our Rsync Add-on. &nbsp;If you&#8217;re looking for easy restoration of select data, File Protection is the way to go.<\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, File Archiving is the tool you want for long-term storage of data. &nbsp;It allows for compression and can be used to archive to tape devices.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left\">Leveraging Both in Your Backup Strategy<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5425\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/06\/office-594132_640.jpg\" alt=\"using both file backups and imaging backups\" width=\"450\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/06\/office-594132_640.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/06\/office-594132_640-300x167.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As part of a balanced backup strategy, it can be a good idea to implement both System Protection (imaging) and File Protection\/File Archiving (file-level) backup types. &nbsp;<strong>System Protection should always be your core backup method<\/strong>, as this is what will allow for bare-metal recovery to same or dissimilar hardware. &nbsp;In a nutshell, it&#8217;s what&#8217;s going to make sure your rear end is firmly covered in the event of a disaster.<\/p>\n<p>However, by also scheduling file-level backups, you&#8217;ll make sure your critical files, folders and application data are easily accessible and allow for quicker restores of smaller amounts of data.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">It&#8217;s difficult to advise a specific schedule, because there are a lot of variables that will play a part in how frequently your company should be backing up and the type of backups you should be performing. &nbsp;However, as a general rule of thumb, you probably won&#8217;t go wrong by performing daily incremental imaging backup, and file-level or archival backups of particularly important files a couple of times a week on top of that.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">&nbsp;<em>In what circumstances do you find file backups are the way to go?<br \/>\n<\/em><em>Leave a comment below, tweet <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BackupAssist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@BackupAssist<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/BackupAssist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">post to Facebook<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/em><em>Share this article and make choosing the best backup method easier.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pretty much any contemporary backup solution you find is going to allow you to perform backups both at the image level, and at the file level. &nbsp;But when will each backup type best suit the kind&nbsp;of data you&#8217;re looking to protect? Right off the bat we\u2019ll say that most of the time imaging backups are &#8230; <a title=\"Weapons of Choice: When to Use File Backups vs Imaging Backups\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/blog\/weapons-of-choice-when-to-use-file-backups-vs-imaging-backups\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Weapons of Choice: When to Use File Backups vs Imaging Backups<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":5421,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,23,760],"tags":[383,384,316],"class_list":["post-5420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interest","category-news","category-legacy","tag-backup-types","tag-file-backups","tag-imaging-backups"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>When to Use File Backups vs Imaging Backups | BA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Most contemporary backup solutions are going to offer at least two types of backup - file backups, and imaging backups. 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