Snapshots: Backing up states in seconds
Freeze the state of your VMs and volumes with a single click – the quickest way to risk-free updates, clones and recovery points.
- Created in seconds – without stopping the VM
- Can be restored immediately to the secure state
- Clones & Templates Create from snapshots
- Ideal before making changes – Risk-free updates
Any change with a return ticket
Snapshots capture the exact state of VMs and volumes – turning risky moments into manageable steps.
Lightning-fast backup
A snapshot is created in seconds – whilst the system is running, without any downtime and without any impact on the performance of your applications.
Immediate recovery
If an update fails, you can restore the previous state in no time at all – as if nothing had happened.
Clones & Templates
Create identical clones from snapshots for staging environments or templates for new servers – in a reproducible and consistent manner.
Part of your backup strategy
Snapshots capture moments; cBacks performs regular backups: together, they form a strategy comprising quick recovery points and long-term backups.
Updates, migrations and testing without the stress
Before an operating system update, a database upgrade or a deployment: take a snapshot, and you’ve got a way back. Development teams clone production environments for realistic testing – and discard them once they’ve been used. This way, caution becomes routine rather than a hindrance.
- Created in seconds – without stopping the VM
- Can be restored immediately to the secure state
- Clones & Templates Create from snapshots
- Ideal before making changes – Risk-free updates
How customers use snapshots
Snapshots are available for all ccloud³ VMs and volumes – billed according to the amount of storage used.
- A snapshot before every update
- Rollback in seconds
- No maintenance window required
- Production-oriented test environments
- Identical clones at the click of a button
- Dispose of after use
- Maintaining Golden Images
- New servers from templates
- Consistent configuration
How much do snapshots cost at centron?
Snapshots are free of charge for all ccloud³ VMs at centron. A snapshot freezes the entire system state in a matter of seconds – without any maintenance windows and without the need to shut down the machine. If created before an update, the previous state can be restored in seconds should any problems arise. Furthermore, snapshots serve as templates for production-like test environments or as a ‘golden image’ from which new servers with identical configurations can be created. It is important to note the distinction: a snapshot is a snapshot of the same system, not a backup stored in a separate location – cBacks or Managed Backup are intended for that purpose.
| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| Price | free for all ccloud³ VMs |
| Creation | in seconds, without any maintenance windows |
| Rollback | back to a safe state in seconds |
| Typical application | before updates, for test clones, as a golden image |
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