GitHub user daviftorres added a comment to the discussion: What does Snapshots, Backups, and Incremental Snapshots mean in CloudStack
**Instance Snapshot** Volumes in CloudStack can be linked or unlinked, and it’s important to understand the difference. **Linked Volumes** - These volumes are externally linked to the template image. - Essentially, the volume acts as an overlay on top of the template, similar to an external snapshot backed by the template. Example: <img width="906" height="507" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/5a1ffaac-38fe-4572-9e0b-d3c8d9af8a55"; /> Here, the instance’s volume file is layered on the template image. **Unlinked Volumes** These volumes are standalone files, independent of any template. Example: <img width="906" height="263" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/40d2c4ee-6d0f-40a0-a4d1-1be4e1807cc0"; /> Unlinked Volumes with Internal Snapshot <img width="908" height="307" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/9d2b4dc3-3f99-4ab4-a0db-6c7ff062a11e"; /> **Note:** Mixing internal and external snapshots is not recommended. GitHub link: https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/discussions/12475#discussioncomment-15564337 ---- This is an automatically sent email for [email protected]. To unsubscribe, please send an email to: [email protected]
