# Snapshot & Restore Frequency **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [May 6, 2014, 10:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-restore-frequency/17381 "2014-05-06T22:25:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Alex\_Philipp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alex_philipp/32/1543_2.png) [@Alex\_Philipp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Alex_Philipp)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 10:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-restore-frequency/17381/1 "2014-05-06T22:25:11Z")
According to the docs, snapshot operations are online and only store diffs. Is there any particular reason to not run them at a fairly high frequency? E.g. every 15 minutes? Alex -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/60c3365b-7dec-487b-be45-c174ef992329%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/60c3365b-7dec-487b-be45-c174ef992329%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![andrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@andrew](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andrew)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 10:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-restore-frequency/17381/2 "2014-05-06T22:40:43Z")
Alex, Yes snapshots are online and yes they do store diffs, but only after the first snapshot which by definition has to copy everything. As to the question of how frequent to run them, that really depends on your tolerance for loss. The added operational costs are reads from disk and bytes sent over the wire. You can tune this behavior with max\_snapshot\_bytes\_per\_sec [1]. Andrew 1. [Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/modules-snapshots.html#_snapshot) On May 6, 2014, at 3:25 PM, Alex Philipp [alex@snapfiber.com](mailto:alex@snapfiber.com) wrote: > According to the docs, snapshot operations are online and only store diffs. Is there any particular reason to not run them at a fairly high frequency? E.g. every 15 minutes? > > Alex > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/60c3365b-7dec-487b-be45-c174ef992329%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/60c3365b-7dec-487b-be45-c174ef992329%40googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/D0F14488-BDF9-495F-8C9F-37BFA0A2AC87%40elasticsearch.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/D0F14488-BDF9-495F-8C9F-37BFA0A2AC87%40elasticsearch.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 1:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-restore-frequency/17381/3 "2017-07-06T01:31:15Z")
Closed on July 6, 2017, 1:31am UTC