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Incremental Backup

A backup that only saves what changed since the last backup, making frequent backups practical.

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Incremental backups record only the differences since the previous backup. That lets us run them hourly without filling disks. For WooCommerce or busy publishers, we recommend incremental backups every 15 to 60 minutes.

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