Re: snapshot vs backup

2012-11-09 Thread Wido den Hollander
s well, we shouldn't try to do that after thinking about it again :) Wido -Original Message- From: Wido den Hollander [mailto:w...@widodh.nl] Sent: Thursday, November 8, 2012 3:50 AM To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: snapshot vs backup On 07-11-12 18:13,

Re: snapshot vs backup

2012-11-08 Thread Marcus Sorensen
all just files, but > block storage is different and can vary greatly in behavior from one HV to > another. > > -Original Message- > From: Wido den Hollander [mailto:w...@widodh.nl] > Sent: Thursday, November 8, 2012 3:50 AM > To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org > S

RE: snapshot vs backup

2012-11-08 Thread Clayton Weise
ursday, November 8, 2012 3:50 AM To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: snapshot vs backup On 07-11-12 18:13, Marcus Sorensen wrote: > I believe I saw this discussed once somewhere, but at the moment snapshots > are basically backups, correct? You'll have to forgive my

Re: snapshot vs backup

2012-11-08 Thread Wido den Hollander
On 07-11-12 18:13, Marcus Sorensen wrote: I believe I saw this discussed once somewhere, but at the moment snapshots are basically backups, correct? You'll have to forgive my ignorance if I don't understand how it works on all platforms/storage types. Edison brought this up with a storage r