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Stefan Richter commented on FLINK-6679: --------------------------------------- I can understand that :) The naming is confusing because {{MemoryStateBackend}} is basically a heap based backend, checkpointing to memory and {{FsStateBackend}} is a heap based backend checkpointing to a (distributed) filesystem. > Document HeapStatebackend > ------------------------- > > Key: FLINK-6679 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-6679 > Project: Flink > Issue Type: Sub-task > Components: Documentation, State Backends, Checkpointing > Reporter: Chesnay Schepler > -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.4.14#64029)