Backup Format Comparison
View the list of supported features and backup typs for backup formats.
Feature | Legacy Backup Format | New Backup Format |
---|---|---|
Grandfather-Father-Son (GFS) policy | not supported | ✔️ |
Immutability | not supported | ✔️ |
Synthetic full backup | Only supported for image-based backups and Amazon S3 and Wasabi storages | Supported for all backup types and for most storage providers |
Restore Verification | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Hybrid backup | ✔️ | coming soon |
Client-side deduplication | not supported | ✔️ |
Mandatory consistency check | not supported | ✔️ |
Full consistency checks | not supported | ✔️ |
Changed Block Tracking for VMware | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Changed Block Tracking for Hyper-V (BETA) | not supported | ✔️ |
Changed Block Tracking for image-based backups | not supported | ✔️ |
Hyper-V backup | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Microsoft Exchange backup | ✔️ | not supported |
Microsoft SQL Server backup | ✔️ | not supported |