Key Concepts and Terminology

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Sector vs. File Backup - Rectiphy ActiveImage Protector performs sector-based backups for easy and fast backups, and complete recovery of an entire disk or volume, which file-based backup tools cannot provide.
Imaging - Backups are stored as image files.
Hot vs. Cold Imaging
- Hot Imaging: Backing up without shutting down the OS, during normal operations.
- Cold Imaging: Backing up after shutting down the OS.
Incremental vs. Differential Backup
- Incremental: Backup of changes made since the previous backup (full or incremental backup).
- Differential: Backup of changes made since the previous full backup.

VSS Snapshot Driver + Integrated Sector Tracking - Rectiphy takes advantage of Microsoft's Volume Shadow copy Services (VSS). VSS makes a point-in-time copy (or snapshot) of a disk volume while a VSS aware application is running.

Physical-to-Virtual ("P2V") is the process of migrating a physical server's OS, applications, and data from a physical server to a virtual machine guest.

Integrated Sector Tracking: Rectiphy’s integrated disk-monitoring technology manages all changes to the disks and volumes, providing reliable incremental backups at blazing-fast speeds

The GUID Partition Table (GPT) was introduced as a part of the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) initiative. GPT provides a more flexible mechanism for partitioning disks than the older Master Boot Record (MBR) partitioning scheme that has been common to PCs. GPT disks can grow to a very large size. The number of partitions on a GPT disk is not constrained by temporary schemes such as container partitions as defined by the MBR Extended Boot Record (EBR). ActiveImage Protector is the 1st to support uEFI mother boards / GPT (GUID partition tables) system and boot volumes.

uEFI Mother Board Support - UEFI which stands for “Unified Extensible Firmware Interface” is set to replace the current BIOS, which has been around from the beginning of desktop computing, beginning in 2011. uEFI motherboards using GPT (GUID partition table) takes advantage of 64 bit addressing, this allows for a staggering 9.4 ZB or Zettabyte is 9,400,000,000 Terrabytes (TB) or 9 trillion 400 million. While we certainly don't need that much storage (yet) this new technology also makes installing hardware easier and increases stability.