SNAPSHOTS Explained in Under 10 Minutes

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    For a FREE 1 year trial license of ANY QNAP licensed software, please email youtube_uk@qnap.com, with your QID (The email account associated with your QNAP NAS) and which software you’d like to trial. The license should appear in your account within 48 hours. Snapshots allow your QNAP NAS to record the state of the system at any time. If an unexpected situation arises on your system, you can revert back to a previous state that the snapshot has recorded. The Storage Manager adds an easy-to-use web-based snapshot tool for you to easily back up and restore data back to any point of time to prevent loss of important data.
    With files and data being all-important for the long-term success of businesses, IT administrators need all-encompassing solutions for backing up and restoring both important files and the system itself. Businesses also need to be able to react quickly for backing up and restoring important files and system information, and also need the comfort of knowing that these backups can be easily replicated to other servers/NAS with no extra complications.
    Instead of the open-source Btrfs snapshot technology that causes impacts on storage performance as the data is continuously modified, QNAP developed its ext4-based snapshot technology that stores changed data "outside of the volume" and is faster and more stable in terms of file accessing performance. This operation thus minimizes the impact on storage performance.
    The Storage Manager features numerous tools for taking snapshots and restoring files and data as necessary. Individual files can be easily restored if they are accidentally deleted or saved over, and the entire system can be easily reverted to a previous, healthier state if necessary. Snapshots can be taken by schedule or manually and then backed up to other NAS or servers in order to provide an all-encompassing backup solution.
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  • @pergunnareriksson
    @pergunnareriksson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thanks! As a QNAP NAS newbie this was most helpful!

    • @b4d6d5d9dcf1
      @b4d6d5d9dcf1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      💯 I have been monkeying with my snapshot provisioning percent for 6 hours. There is so much garbage on YT, but this is a gem.

  • @Anamnesia
    @Anamnesia 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm still trying to wrap my head around; *_Snapshots_* - *_Hybrid Backup Sync_* and *_SYNC_* ... So let me see if I can get this straight (in plain English);
    *_Snapshots_* only store *Changed* or *Deleted* files. Great for retrieving deleted files - will not work as a FULL data backup!
    *_SYNC_* mirrors the file system, either uni-directional, or bi-directional in an uncompressed format
    *_Hybrid Backup Sync_* is similar to _SYNC_ in that it mirrors the file system, but it's compressed & QdeDuped.
    I believed *_Hybrid Backup Sync_* was like a merger/combination of _Snapshots_ and _SYNC_ ??? In that it first does a _FULL Backup_ & then subsequent incremental backups?
    I thought *_Hybrid Backup Sync_* was similar to the Apple "Time Machine" method of full & incremental backups... (?)
    Using Snapshots, can I drill down to a single file & recover it - or does it only restore at the directory level?

  • @kevlartwinky
    @kevlartwinky 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Background: I have a 4-bay nas w three drives in raid5 plus an enclosure spare for homeuse w mostly Plex and to offload photos from my phone. As long as only one drive dies(at a time) Im safe since the database can be restored but if two drives die at the same time or another one dies while the restoration is ongoing I’ll loose everything.
    Now to my question :) could I use snapshots that are being backed up to an attached usb3 disk to restore my data if I loose it due to more than one drive failing or something else or should I just use this usb-drive to fully backup what I have on my nas(I only have one nas)?

  • @goddessoftruth
    @goddessoftruth 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That was PERFECT! I just installed my first personal (to me - not for a business) home NAS and I was looking for what the difference was between Snapshots and Backups and after this video my question is completely answered! Thank you so much! Do you happen to know if there is a QNAP USA YT channel? I cannot find one.

  • @Damjanhd
    @Damjanhd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ONE question. If I create snapshot and store it on another external disk and when disk in qnap with files die can I restore all files from snapshot or not?

  • @LoopinFool
    @LoopinFool ปีที่แล้ว

    @QNAPUK Sorry to comment on an old video, but I saw in the "What is the difference between Static Volume, Thin Volume, and Thick Volume?" FAQ on the QNAP site that "Note: If you are using Snapshots with a thick volume, writing new data to the empty space of the volume will increase the Snapshot used space by the same size as the new data. You must monitor the pool free space and recycle older Snapshots periodically to avoid running out of pool space. For this reason, thin volumes would be recommended when using Snapshots."
    But your video shows thick volumes using very little snapshot space. Is that article out of date? It was last modified in July 2022.

  • @khalil4826
    @khalil4826 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    THANKS SIR

  • @jpptubie
    @jpptubie 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you Craig. Is there a quick way to delete all the snapshots on a volume?

    • @ThienTran-mg4bo
      @ThienTran-mg4bo 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      2 years too late but just incase anyone else is looking for this info. You can go into File station, left side bar go to snapshots and in there you can right click delete old snapshots manually.

  • @richardgraber967
    @richardgraber967 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wish to use snapshots to protect against ransomware. When my client was attacked, the backups on my nas were renamed and wouldn't restore. How can an older snapshot restore the entire backup from an earlier date if the entire backup isn't contained in the snapshots?

  • @TorbenRick
    @TorbenRick ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks

  • @JoseLipari
    @JoseLipari 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Craig, if the snapshots only saves modified and deleted blocks, what happens if I completely loose my disk? Good explanation!!

    • @JoseLipari
      @JoseLipari 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@QNAPUK Thank you Craig, very clear. So, if I have a snapshot replica in another disk, and loose the main NAS, could I restore the entire volume only with a snapshot replica ?(only changes, delete and metadata).
      2. Is there any app to replicate the snapshots to cloud for offsite strategy?

    • @JoseLipari
      @JoseLipari 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Excellent! Now, I can understand the reasons why when I enable snapshot replication the required storage is made up of the entire volume + snapshots.
      Conclusion: 1. snapshot are useful and fast, but does not cover a physical loose of a disk, only permits restore over deletions and modifications over a healthy disk.
      2. snapshot replicas cover a disaster situation, but requires another NAS or Storage Pool in the same NAS and a much higher storage capacity. Very Clear! Thank you Craig!!

  • @mayursurati4220
    @mayursurati4220 ปีที่แล้ว

    How to remove Ghost/invisible snapshot ?

  • @richarddavies4496
    @richarddavies4496 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Richard. Many thanks. Most interesting, Craig. Have a TS231P NAS. Have 450GB of used capacity on my volume. Can I create a snapshot? What is the impact of creating the first snapshot, please? Does it take a long time? Newish to the NAS world. A brief idiot's guide to Snapshots would be helpful?

  • @comedyfish
    @comedyfish 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi I'm just a normal guy not a business. I bought Qnap TS-230 with 4tb WD drive just for videos, music etc When I set it up it asked me shall I make a snap shot I didn't know what i was doing so said yeah and allocated 20% of the hard drive to it. Now I have everything backed up, the NAS is for convenience so I'm not even sure I need to use snapshots but anyway I'm getting warnings that my snapshots have exceeded the threshold - even though I have 800Gb free space - also i really only need one or 2 snapshots i think. I just feel I'm being very inefficient - can I delete older snapshots would that free up space? I see now thanks to your vid that the snapshot only happens when I change things well as its new i was changing things quite a bit so that might explain it. its on smart snapshot - maybe it doesnt need to be if I'm just going to add a new film here and there. Any advice?

  • @xenonozhid3383
    @xenonozhid3383 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is there a simple way to completely delete all snapshots and switch this feature permanently off? Thanks.

  • @joyross8160
    @joyross8160 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I Don't want snapshot on?

    • @QNAPUK
      @QNAPUK  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You can disable it if you have no need for it.

  • @stevelloyd3
    @stevelloyd3 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi, I've got a question that I can't find an answer to on any of your wonderful videos. I've got two QNAP NAS's (one TS-251D with 2x4TB drives in raid1, and one TS-251 which I would like to use as a snapshot replica repository, for taking weekly snapshots of my source NAS, using a single 6TB disk on the destination NAS. Both NAS's are on the same (home) network, and both are visible in QFINDER PRO. I haven't yet installed the new 6TB in the destination NAS. Is there any documentation (or a video), or might you have any suggestions that would help me set this up correctly ?