Using Images and Backups on Linode

[@nkmicros540]

Very good and straight forward tutorial as always. If I am looking for a tutorial on KZbin and your video comes across on the list - I always click it without hesitate, as I know I will have what I need in the best mode. Thanks for your effort!

[@derekswitzer9624]

what is the difference between creating an image and creating a backup?

[@robbyjunior]

Super helpful video. I have a couple questions: 1.) I'm looking to create a sandbox/playground environment on a separate linode for testing development on my website. Would restoring a backup or image from my live production linode into the sandbox linode be the best option? 2.) What's the difference between restoring from an image or a backup? -- I don't think I caught that in the video. 3.) Do you have a resource on how to create & import a backup of a database (i use phymyadmin) into another lindoe? In my case, I'd be wanting to carry over a copy of my database into my sandbox environment.

[@AkamaiDeveloper]

Yes, you can do either. Remember that Backups (aside from the Manual Backup slot) will rotate regularly, so your best bet is probably to create an image and deploy from that. You can save that image on your account and deploy it as often as you need to. However, it's ultimately up to you which service you'd like to use. The questions you ask are good ones, and we want to direct you to the best place to get answers - the #LinodeCommunity. We recommend posting your questions there so that the members of our Community can help you out: www.linode.com/community/questions/

[@youtubeoneverything4581]

DigitalOcean provides the manual snapshot in standalone mode. I can have multiple system level snapshots of my server at different point of times. those snapshots are completely separate from each other unlike the incremental / overwriting snapshots displayed here. do you guys provide that type of snapshots ? if so, what are the costs ?

[@AkamaiDeveloper]

The Linode Backups Service automatically creates and stores local backups of your Linode on a daily, weekly, and biweekly basis for fast restorations. You can choose which backup to restore from and there are also manual snapshots available in the cloud manager. The cost of the backups depends on the size of your server, more info available here: www.linode.com/products/backups/

[@Christopher-ew7jw]

I've been thinking of doing a project that requires a GPU but at random times. Is it possible to spin up a GPU instance, compute something, and delete the instance so I'm not charged continuously?

[@Christopher-ew7jw]

(I'm looking to do this automatically, obviously I can just make the instance manually if I need to).

[@AkamaiDeveloper]

@@Christopher-ew7jw Yep! If you delete the Linode in between uses, you would only be charged for the amount of time the GPU Linode was on your account rather than being charged for a full month. You can spin up and delete GPU Linodes using the API, which would be helpful if you're looking to do this programmatically: www.linode.com/docs/api/ It's important to note that availability for GPU Linodes is limited, so you may not always be able to create a new GPU Linode depending on whether there are any available. You'll also need to reach out to Linode Support to gain access to our GPU plans.

[@khxl1d11]

@@AkamaiDeveloper Does this rule only apply to gpu vps? or on all vps services?

[@AkamaiDeveloper]

@@khxl1d11 The comment above would apply to all VPS instance types, although GPU instances are the only ones that currently have limited availability.

[@khxl1d11]

@@AkamaiDeveloper Ok Thx

[@highflyersfitness2157]

I am highly impressed after researching which is the best cloud conclusion is Linode is the best only 1 doubt I have what is the retention period of daily backups and these automatic backups use our Linode disk or offsite disk

[@AkamaiDeveloper]

Great questions, while the backups are stored on different hardware, that hardware is located within the same data center as the Compute Instance. It’s also recommended to regularly backup your data off-site, such as on a local machine or using a third-party cloud-based service. The Backup service does not keep automated backups older than 14 days, though there are no restrictions on the age of a manual snapshot. More info here www.linode.com/docs/products/storage/backups/

[@hustledude]

What is the difference between an image and a snapshot?

[@qureshiowais6951]

how do I download Linode's custom images?

[@AkamaiDeveloper]

This guide details the use of images including how to download them www.linode.com/docs/guides/linode-images/

[@internallyinteral]

Thank you for these

[@daveborchard2019]

Please explain the checkbox "This image is cloud-init compatible". I don't know if I should check or uncheck that checkbox. Can the image on a shared CPU computer be used to create a dedicated CPU Linode computer, to upgrade from a shared CPU computer to a non-shared CPU computer? Is that up to 3 images per account or up to 3 images per computer? If you had 4 computers, then you couldn't take an image of each computer. You shut down the computer to take an image, but you didn't shut down the computer to take a backup. What is the difference between an image and a backup? It seems that they are different, but both could be used to recover the computer or create a new clone computer. The new clone computer will have a different IP address. How can you get the IP address from the originally imaged computer to the clone computer? For example, you used the image to upgrade from a shared CPU to a non-shared CPU, but you want the new upgraded computer to replace the original computer, and you want the new upgraded computer to have the same IP address that the original computer had, before you delete the original computer.

[@Nick-jz3ic]

Doing my best to learn...

[@js_programmer8423]

so if you use an image you dont really need to add a back up.. same thing

[@AkamaiDeveloper]

The main difference is that using an image is a manual process. The Backup Service is a subscription service add-on that automatically performs daily, weekly, and biweekly backups of your Linode to provide peace of mind.

[@js_programmer8423]

@@AkamaiDeveloper thanks for the fast reply!