The documentation in the cassandra.yaml file covers this pretty well.
In summary, a snapshot will create a hard link for each file in the data
directory (if JNA is installed and on the classpath).
Turning on incremental backup will create a hard link to every new SSTable
that is flushed out to di
Incremental snapshots contain only new data, so they are *much* smaller.
On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 12:39 AM, Tamar Fraenkel wrote:
> Hi!
> I wonder what are the advantages of doing incremental snapshot over non
> incremental?
> Are the snapshots smaller is size? Are there any other implications?
>
Hi!
I wonder what are the advantages of doing incremental snapshot over non
incremental?
Are the snapshots smaller is size? Are there any other implications?
Thanks,
*Tamar Fraenkel *
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