Backup Format Feature Sheet
Different backup formats have specific limitations and specific features.
The table below helps you to select the backup format you need.
| 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 | 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 |