Forward Incremental – Animation of Method and Retention

Forward Incremental with Active Full

This animation demonstrates how an Active Full is created.

Forward Incremental with Synthetic Full

This animation demonstrates how a Synthetic Full is created.

Forward Incremental with Periodic Full Retention Enforcement

This animation demonstrates how retention is enforced.
Take note of how the number of restores points exceeds the retention setting until enough restore points in the new chain cause all points in the old chain to fall outside of retention.

Within the above animations, the lettered squares represent blocks on a disk.