Backup schemes along with the scheduler help you to set up your backup strategy. The schemes allow you to optimize backup storage space usage, improve data storage reliability, and automatically delete the obsolete backup versions.
Backup scheme defines the following parameters:
Backup methods that will be used to create backup versions (full, differential or incremental)
Sequence of the backup versions created using different methods
Version cleanup rules
Acronis True Image Home 2012 allows you to choose the following backup schemes:
Single version - select this scheme if you want to use the smallest backup storage.
Version chain - this may be the optimal scheme in many cases.
Incremental - select this scheme if you want to create only incremental backups after an initial full backup (this is the default scheme).
Differential - select this scheme if you want to create only differential backups after an initial full backup.
Custom - select this item if you want to set up a backup scheme manually.
