Snapshots
A copy of a server's disk that you take yourself and keep until you delete it.
Built, not open to the public yet
This feature is built and has been tested against simulated hosts and a test database. It has not yet been proven on real hardware, and nothing here can be ordered today.
Not there yet
- Real-hardware testing is still to come.
How they work
- A snapshot copies the server's primary disk. You name it, up to 64 characters.
- It is kept until you delete it. Backups are separate and run on a schedule.
- Taking, restoring and deleting a snapshot each need a recent password check.
- There are limits on snapshots in all and snapshots on one server. The panel shows both.
Price
A snapshot is billed per GiB each month, at the size of the server's provisioned primary disk rounded up to a whole GiB. Taking one charges the rest of the period you have paid for, plus tax, and you see the amount first. Credit is used first, then your card. The next renewal bills the snapshot whole.
Restoring
Restoring puts the snapshot over the server's primary disk. Everything written since is replaced, and the server restarts if it was running. You type the server's hostname to confirm. A snapshot cannot be restored once the server's disk is no longer the one it was taken of, for example after a rebuild, a restore from a backup or a resize.
Deleting
Deleting removes the copy for good. The rest of the month you paid for is not refunded, and the next renewal no longer bills it.