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How expensive is taking a snapshot?

April 26, 2017expensive Snapshot taking

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How expensive is taking a snapshot?

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Almost free. A snapshot simply updates the file system’s epoch counter, located in the super block. It copies no data and only performs a sync to flush dirty buffers. The actual version creation is done when you perform an IO operation that modifies a file, e.g. a write, chmod, truncate, etc.