Yesterday ServePath released a new feature for the Grid Series product called “Snapshot & Restore.” More information can be found on the feature page. If you are familiar with other Virtualization technologies (e.g., Parallels or VMWare), you will know that one of the important features is the ability to take a snapshot of your current environment or server in order to be able to “roll back” or restore from that image should you need to. This ability is now available as a paid feature for our Grid Series product.
Some of the feature highlights:
- “Snapshot” or image of the server’s logical disk
- Remote storage of the image included with price (up to 2 images)
- Ability to restore from an image or snapshot upon request
- Unlimited snapshot and restore requests per month
What are the costs? This feature is a $19.99/month charge and includes storage of up to 2 snapshots. For additional snapshots, there is a monthly charge of $9.99 for each image.
When might you use this feature?
- If you regularly do hard-core development work where you might run the risk of corrupting or mis-configuring your server or environment
- If you server become compromised or hacked in some way
- If you want to test different server configurations
- If you want to protect core data or a particular instance of your environment
Some important notes. A server reboot is required in order to perform a backup. Reboots can typically take up to 5 minutes.
How do I order and use? Follow these easy steps:
- Contact your Sales representative at: 1-866-321-PATH (1-866-321-7284) and ask for the monthly feature to be added to your Grid Series account.
- Once enabled, you can request snapshots through your Grid Series portal (https://gridseries.servepath.com) by opening a Case.
- Snapshot is taken by Support Engineers within 24 hours of the request. Upon completion, you are notified.
You can make unlimited requests for snapshots and restores once you have signed up for the service. Note, ServePath only stores 2 snapshots (unless you pay for more). On your 3rd snapshot, the 1st one will be deleted.
Go ahead, break your server! If you have a snapshot to restore to, we got you covered!
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