[Openstack] [TROVE] - Difference between Backup and Snapshot

Giuseppe Galeota giuseppegaleota at gmail.com
Wed Nov 6 09:05:17 UTC 2013


Can you give me a simple workflow that explains the process of a
backup/snapshot?

Thanks,
Giuseppe


2013/11/6 Giuseppe Galeota <giuseppegaleota at gmail.com>

> Dear all,
> what is the difference between Snapshot and Backup in the context of Trove
> (o Redwwarf) database backups that I see here<https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Trove/snapshot-design>
> ?
>
> Is it maybe the following:
> - backup = copy of volume in which data are stored;
> - snapshot = copy of volume plus virtual machine used to host the engine?
>
> Are they the same concept?
>
> Thanks,
> Giuseppe
>
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