GitHub user daviftorres edited a comment on the discussion: What does Snapshots, Backups, and Incremental Snapshots mean in CloudStack
When working with **volume snapshots**, the behavior is very different from what one might expect. Table `snapshot_store_ref` <img width="1367" height="87" alt="Screenshot 2026-01-20 124530" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/014dab6a-7046-44ad-b7ae-4df8210c5840"; /> Each consecutive snapshot creates a new file in **Secondary Storage**, and every one of these files has exactly the **same size and the same hash**. <img width="802" height="55" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/0aa67343-19d5-49df-a712-ab724b89d36a"; /> Therefore, I conclude that **volume snapshots** are effectively **standalone full backups** that are sent to Secondary Storage each time. Even the status uses the work **Backup**. <img width="1178" height="294" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/696329fb-95a0-4fed-aace-b10c38fdb838"; /> GitHub link: https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/discussions/12475#discussioncomment-15553121 ---- This is an automatically sent email for [email protected]. To unsubscribe, please send an email to: [email protected]
