Archives of your servers’ files
Keep archives of your game servers’ files, restore one when you need it, or start a new server from it. Order more room for snapshots at any time.
A snapshot is a full archive of a game server’s files, kept on your account. Restore it onto any of your servers, or start a new server from it, and add snapshot room when your snapshots need more than your account has.
Plans and prices
Your account has one allowance for all its snapshots. Each Snapshot Storage plan adds its size to it, and plans add up.
Your snapshot allowance
It adds up what your services and your account plan include.
- Each game server’s plan includes room for snapshots
- A server’s plan with no figure of its own includes twice its disk
- The Pro account plan adds 100 GB, and Business adds 500 GB once the account plans are open
- Each Snapshot Storage plan adds its size
Before you order
Snapshot Storage adds room for snapshots, so it helps once you have a server to snapshot.
- Have a game server. Snapshots come from game servers. A game server is a paid server: a Free account adds Server access first, and Pro, Business and Enterprise include it. Game servers
- Take a snapshot. Open the server’s Snapshots tab and take one by hand, or let a schedule take them for you. The dialog shows whether the snapshot fits your allowance.
- Keep it on your account. It counts against your account’s allowance until you delete it, even after the server is gone.
- Restore it or start a server. Restore it onto any of your servers, or choose it when you order a new game server.
Keep a Minecraft world before a big change
Take a snapshot of the server before you add mods. If the world breaks, restore the snapshot onto the same server. When you move to a bigger server, start it from the snapshot instead of copying the files by hand.
Uses: A game server and its snapshot allowance
What Snapshot Storage gives you
Every snapshot on your account can do these, whichever server it came from.
- Full archives of your servers. A snapshot holds every file on a game server, compressed. It belongs to your account, so it stays after the server is gone. A snapshot does not hold the server’s databases.
- Restore onto any server. Restore a snapshot onto the server it came from, or onto any other server on your account.
- A new server from a snapshot. On the order page for a server, choose one of your snapshots as the source. We install its software, then restore its files.
- Snapshots on a schedule. Take snapshots by hand or on a schedule. A schedule makes room by deleting the oldest snapshots it took itself.
- Lock, download or delete. Lock a snapshot so nothing deletes it by accident, download its archive, or delete it to free room.
- A warning before any cleanup. If your account goes over its allowance, we refuse new snapshots until it fits again. We email you a cleanup date, 30 days later, and name the snapshots we would delete.
Guides for Snapshot Storage
Our docs explain each step, from your first snapshot to a restore.
- How snapshot storage works: How your allowance is worked out, what counts against it and what happens when you go over.
- Order more snapshot storage: Add room when your snapshots need more than your account has.
- Take a server snapshot: Archive a server from its Snapshots tab, and turn on daily automatic backups.
- Restore a snapshot onto a server: Restore onto the server it came from, or onto any other.
- Start a server from a snapshot: Order a game server that starts from one of your snapshots.
- Lock, download and delete snapshots: Keep a snapshot safe, take a copy of it, or free its room.
Add room for your snapshots
Order Snapshot Storage when your snapshots need more room than your account has.
Frequently asked questions
What is in a snapshot?
A snapshot is a full, compressed archive of a game server’s files. The server’s databases are not in it, so create them again after you restore it onto a new server.
Do I need a server to use Snapshot Storage?
Yes. Snapshots come from game servers, so you need one first. A game server is a paid server, so a Free account adds Server access before it can run one, and Pro, Business and Enterprise include it. Snapshot Storage then adds room for the snapshots you take.
How much snapshot room do I have?
Your account has one allowance for all its snapshots. Each game server’s plan includes some, and a server’s plan with no figure of its own includes twice its disk. The Pro account plan adds 100 GB and Business 500 GB once the account plans are open, and each Snapshot Storage plan adds its size.
What happens if my snapshots need more room than I have?
We refuse new snapshots until your account fits again. We also email you a cleanup date, 30 days later by default. If the account is still over by then, we delete your oldest snapshots.
Can I start a new server from a snapshot?
On the order page for a server, choose one of your snapshots as the source. We install the software the snapshot recorded, then restore its files once the install finishes.
Do Cloud Compute instances use Snapshot Storage?
A Cloud Compute instance keeps its own snapshots on the same storage as its disk, up to 8 at a time, so they do not use Snapshot Storage. Snapshot Storage holds the snapshots of game servers.
