RE: Backups versus snapshots

snapshots or backups are just means to an end; that is, meeting the availability and regulatory requirements within the available budget. if, for example, you have regulatory requirements to store data for a certain number of years, then you could copy the contents of the snapshots to tape. re: if the database goes poof then the snapshot is gone as well

if the database goes poof, then the snapshot remains iggy
> To be clear, the snapshots are not physical copies of the database. They only track the differences between the database at the time of the snapshot and the current time. So if the database goes poof then the snapshot is gone as well.

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