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| Decreases the size of Incremental backups | The Incremental file index contains only a list of the changed data blocks in the incremental. This means that Incremental backups with only a few changes are optimized for backup file size. This is most apparent when performing frequent Incremental backups every few minutes or hours. |
| Later Incrementals are unaffected by Consolidation | Because the Incremental index only contains references to itself there is no need to update the Incremental backup file when earlier backups in the same set are consolidated. This overcomes the issue with Backup Folder Synchronization caused by Full indexes. |
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