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What is the maximum size of a snapshot for a volume?

April 26, 2017maximum size Snapshot volume

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What is the maximum size of a snapshot for a volume?

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Snapshots use a copy-on-write mechanism. The size of the snapshot should reflect the the maximum size of expected changes to the source volume over the period of the snapshot’s lifetime. Snapshot sizes should generally not exceed more than 50%-60% of the size of the original source volume. A more realistic sizing strategy would be to allocate 20%-30% of the size of the original source volume to a snapshot.