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Do Snapshots Take Space on the Disk?

No.

Creating legacy snapshots establishes relationships between snapshots and the disk data. Snapshots are stored on the physical disks that provide storage resources for EVS disks. If a disk is deleted, all legacy snapshots of this disk will also be deleted. However, snapshots do not occupy the disk space.

Standard snapshots are stored in OBS, instead of on disks. They can be used to restore data when the disk is damaged.

For more information about EVS snapshot principles, see Snapshot Principles.

Parent topic: Snapshot

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