Snapshot Management
Snapshot management involves creating and managing backups or snapshots of data at specific points in time. It is crucial for data housekeeping to ensure data resiliency and disaster recovery. Snapshot management has the following roles in data housekeeping:
Backup creation. Regular snapshots are taken to create backup copies of data, preserving it in case of hardware failures, data corruption, or other disasters.
Retention policies: Data housekeeping specifies how long snapshots should be retained, including different retention periods for daily, weekly, and monthly backups.
Disaster recovery. Snapshots are an essential component of disaster recovery plans, enabling you to restore data to a previous state if data loss occurs.
Snapshot management has the following topics: