Terms and definitions¶

Delta Cloud Backup Agent: Local agent installed on a device (Windows, Linux, or macOS) that executes backup and restore jobs and maintains connectivity with the service.
Device: A computer or server where the agent is installed and registered to your Backup account.
Protected Item: A configured backup source on a specific device (for example files/folders, MySQL, System State) with its own schedule and retention settings.
Plan: Service pricing configuration that defines the base service parameters and billing model.
Storage quota: The maximum amount of storage space that the service can use for archived backup data.

Job: A specific execution of a backup or restore operation, with status, duration, and logs.
Manual Backup: Immediate on-demand backup execution without waiting for the configured schedule.
Schedule: Rules that define when backups run automatically (daily, weekly, monthly, and more).
Recovery Point: A specific snapshot/time point from which data can be restored.
Job log: Detailed technical output from a job execution used for validation and troubleshooting.

Storage Vault: Logical storage location for archived backup data, associated with backup jobs and used capacity.
Retention Policy: Rules that determine how long archived backup data is kept and when old recovery points are removed.
Restore to original path: Restore method that writes data back to its original location on the device.
Restore as archive: Restore method that exports selected data as a compressed file (for example tar, tar.gz, zip).