Types of Backup

[SirLouen]

I was wondering what advantages can have stop and suspend modes for programmed backup tasks versus snapshot live backup tool ??

 

[whinpo]

downtime...
look at http://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Backup_-_Restore_-_Live_Migration

 

[SirLouen]

I read that article... but I was wondering what advantages there are...

Downtime is a disadvantage for me at least.

 

[whinpo]

you're right, i've misread your question

I'm also using snaps but you need LVM, I guess few people using LVM are using suspend/stop

 

[dietmar]

1.) snapshots are not always possible (NFS, no LVM available).

2.) stop mode backups are 100% consistent (i.e. RAM is not saved with snapshot backups)