{"id":2794,"date":"2014-02-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/otava.test\/backup-video-series-what-is-the-difference-between-a-snapshot-and-full-data-backup\/"},"modified":"2014-02-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-02-17T00:00:00","slug":"backup-video-series-what-is-the-difference-between-a-snapshot-and-full-data-backup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.otava.com\/blog\/backup-video-series-what-is-the-difference-between-a-snapshot-and-full-data-backup\/","title":{"rendered":"Backup video series: What is the difference between a snapshot and full data backup?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Note: This is the seventh in a 12-part data backup video series by Online Tech Senior Product Architect Steve Aiello. <\/em>View the entire backup video series<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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As its name implies, a data snapshot — think Polaroid or Instagram — captures a distinct point at the storage level. It’s an appropriate data backup<\/a> solution for certain types of data, but inappropriate for others.<\/p>\n

Because it doesn\u2019t have the intelligence of true backup system, snapshots can have issues with memory intensive applications and can result in a state of “crash inconsistency.”<\/p>\n

Backup software can communicate with applications. “With a full data backup, you can be sure that your server \u2013 if you have to restore it \u2013 is in a “crash consistent” state, and you can be sure that your data is available,” Aiello says.<\/p>\n