topic Manually Delete Snapshots in Array Performance and Data Protection https://community.hpe.com/t5/array-performance-and-data/manually-delete-snapshots/m-p/6986256#M1067 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have a question on snapshot deletions.&nbsp; If you manually delete the oldest snapshot, does it affect your "recoverability" of later snapshots?&nbsp;&nbsp; Or does the data on the deleted snapshot get merged into the next oldest snapshots?</P><P></P><P>Thanks!</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 19 Feb 2014 01:39:19 GMT nrp101 2014-02-19T01:39:19Z Manually Delete Snapshots https://community.hpe.com/t5/array-performance-and-data/manually-delete-snapshots/m-p/6986256#M1067 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have a question on snapshot deletions.&nbsp; If you manually delete the oldest snapshot, does it affect your "recoverability" of later snapshots?&nbsp;&nbsp; Or does the data on the deleted snapshot get merged into the next oldest snapshots?</P><P></P><P>Thanks!</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 19 Feb 2014 01:39:19 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/array-performance-and-data/manually-delete-snapshots/m-p/6986256#M1067 nrp101 2014-02-19T01:39:19Z Re: Manually Delete Snapshot question https://community.hpe.com/t5/array-performance-and-data/manually-delete-snapshots/m-p/6986257#M1068 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Neil,</P><P></P><P>The cool thing about our snapshots is they're just pointers in time with intelligence built in.&nbsp; So if you delete the original or baseline snapshot, the next oldest snapshot will become the new baseline.&nbsp; What you will loose is the capability to restore the volume to that point in time since that snapshot is now gone.&nbsp; Hope this helps, let me know if you have any questions!</P><P></P><P>Neil</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 19 Feb 2014 20:04:50 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/array-performance-and-data/manually-delete-snapshots/m-p/6986257#M1068 nglick57 2014-02-19T20:04:50Z