When discussing backup options, frequently we will mention cloning. There are two basic types of clones, block-level and file-level, and here are the differences between them.

You can place any kind of file system on block level storage. So, if you’re running Windows, your volumes will be formatted with NTFS; VMware servers will use VMFS.

File and block: whole and part. The file system has always been a mainstay of storage technology. Block and file access storage offer two ways to interact with the file system.

File and block are file system-based methods of storage access. In both cases, there is a file system. We are all familiar with them – FAT and NTFS in Windows, ext in Linux, and so on.

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