Again, look for document "Using local copy services". It will answer your questions.
Regards przemol -- http://przemol.blogspot.com/ On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 12:27:17PM +0530, Amit Chaurasia wrote: > Thanks Scott. > Checkpoint seems to provide every functionality that snapshot provides > except the raw device view which might be useful in handful of cases. > Hence I guess checkpoint makes snapshot redundant. > Could you please provide some leads to find the use cases where one is > choosen over another. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott > Kaiser > Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 11:29 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; veritas-vx@mailman.eng.auburn.edu > Subject: Re: [Veritas-vx] Usage of snapshot and checkpoint. > > Three other points -- > > 1. Checkpoints use the free space within the file system. Snapshots need > a dedicated, separate disk/LUN 2. Checkpoints have several optimized > code paths, so their overhead is lower than that of Snapshots. > 3. Snapshots provide a raw device view of the file system (checkpoints > don't), and some backup strategies need (NBU's FlashBackup comes to > mind). > > Scott > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 12:33 AM > To: veritas-vx@mailman.eng.auburn.edu > Subject: Re: [Veritas-vx] Usage of snapshot and checkpoint. > > On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 12:14:02PM +0530, Amit Chaurasia wrote: > > Hi Folks, > > I am a bit confused over Storage Checkpoint and Snapshot. Which one > > should one use over other ? In what scenarios are does checkpoint > > scores over snapshot and vice versa. Any leads to any document or > > reference is appreciated. > > The main difference is that storage checkpoints survive reboots. > Snapshots don't. > > To read about the differences look for document "Using local copy > services" which explains them. > > Regards > przemol > > -- > http://przemol.blogspot.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Najciekawsze miejsca w Polsce i na swiecie! Zobacz >>> http://link.interia.pl/f1e60 _______________________________________________ Veritas-vx maillist - Veritas-vx@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-vx
