# Physical Backup

__*Physical backup*__

+ Create by copying data files
+ Must revert to the same storage engine and TiDB version
+ Can be restore across machine architectures
+ Faster execution and restores than logical backups and restores
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Create by copying data files
  Use standard commands such as tar, cp, cpio, rsync, or xcopy.
  Online disk replication using a physical image or block device.
  Use snapshot-based file archiving.

Must revert to the same storage engine and TiDB version

Can be restore across machine architectures
  These files must be binary portable at the storage engine level.

Faster execution and restores than logical backups and restores