Concept
Snapshots
Point-in-time volume or image captures enable rollback, cloning, and incremental backup chains. Application-consistent hooks quiesce databases when supported before freezing blocks. Retention policies balance recovery needs against storage growth costs.
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Maps to (incoming)
- Amazon Machine Images (AMIs)→
- Azure Compute Gallery Image (Generalized or Specialized)→
- Block Storage volumes→
- Droplet Snapshots→
- EBS Snapshots→
- Images / Backups→
- Machine Images (full VM state capture)→
- N/A (No equivalent)→
- Server Snapshots (Image type: snapshot)→
- Snapshots→
- Snapshots→
- Standard/Archive Snapshots→
- Volume Snapshots→
- Vultr Snapshots / Auto Backups→
Diverges from
- Azure Compute Gallery Image (Generalized or Specialized)→
- Block Storage volumes→
- Droplet Snapshots→
- EBS Snapshots→
- Images / Backups→
- Machine Images (full VM state capture)→
- N/A (No equivalent)→
- Server Snapshots (Image type: snapshot)→
- Snapshots→
- Snapshots→
- Standard/Archive Snapshots→
- Volume Snapshots→
- Vultr Snapshots / Auto Backups→
Covers concept (incoming)
- Block storage→
- Block Storage (Volumes) FAQ→
- Block storage API error reference→
- Block storage concepts→
- Block storage how-to guides→
- Compute→
- Compute concepts→
- Compute Console→
- Compute FAQ→
- Compute how-to guides→
- Database backup and recovery→
- How to back up and restore a Quake AI VM→
- How to create a volume snapshot→
- How to create an instance snapshot→
- How to emulate a branchable Postgres workflow→
- How to patch and update a Quake AI VM→
- How to schedule volume snapshots and restore data→
- Images→
- Instance Snapshots→
- Instance Snapshots API Reference→
- Instance Snapshots CLI Reference→
- Instance Snapshots Console→
- Snapshot fails on images that enable the QEMU guest agent→
- Snapshots (instance vs volume)→
- Volume and storage troubleshooting→
- Volume Snapshots Console→
- Volumes→
documented at
- Block storage→
- Block Storage (Volumes) FAQ→
- Block storage API error reference→
- Block storage concepts→
- Block storage how-to guides→
- Compute→
- Compute concepts→
- Compute Console→
- Compute FAQ→
- Compute how-to guides→
- Database backup and recovery→
- How to back up and restore a Quake AI VM→
- How to create a volume snapshot→
- How to create an instance snapshot→
- How to emulate a branchable Postgres workflow→
- How to patch and update a Quake AI VM→
- How to schedule volume snapshots and restore data→
- Images→
- Instance Snapshots→
- Instance Snapshots API Reference→
- Instance Snapshots CLI Reference→
- Instance Snapshots Console→
- Snapshot fails on images that enable the QEMU guest agent→
- Snapshots (instance vs volume)→
- Volume and storage troubleshooting→
- Volume Snapshots Console→
- Volumes→
Known issue
Citations
- Google Cloud Platform
- DigitalOcean
- Amazon Web Services
- Microsoft Azure
- Hetzner Cloud
- Linode (Akamai)
- Vultr
- Amazon Web Services
- Microsoft Azure
- Google Cloud Platform
- Hetzner Cloud
- DigitalOcean
- Linode (Akamai)
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