Is using backup device better when backing up the database?

Hello Community
    I used sp_addumpdevice to perform a backup and restore.
    Is there an advantage to using sp_addumpdevice when doing
backups and restores or is it better to just issue the Backup Database
command and specify to disk?
    Thank you
    Shabeaut

Hello,
There is no difference in terms of performance. The difference is the level of obfuscation, for example if you had a single database and wanted it to always go to the same place, etc, you could do what you've done and then the backup command is smaller.
It's the same either way.
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