Working with file share snapshots
File shares are mostly part of your infrastructure, which is one of the critical components for business continuity. They’re often involved in the day-to-day work of many people working in a company so that they can share data, collaborate, and send files. In some scenarios, file shares may be also part of the application’s infrastructure, and issues when connecting with them may affect your end users as well. In this section, we’ll cover the topic of snapshots, which can be configured for File Service.
A snapshot, in the context of a file share, is described as a state that was saved at a certain point in time. This means that different snapshots may contain different files (or files with different content). Snapshots for File Service are very similar to the backups you can perform for a database. They need to be configured, stored, and tested in a way that ensures their reliability and availability. One thing worth mentioning...
