Snapshots & backups
Two ways to protect your data: snapshots you take yourself, and backups we take for you every week.
| Snapshots | Backups | |
|---|---|---|
| Taken | When you click (or call the API) | Automatically every week, plus one manual per day |
| Stored | Until you delete them | Latest 4 weekly backups kept, older rotate out |
| Stored where | Alongside your server | On separate backup storage |
| Price | $0.05 per GB per month | +20% of the plan price |
| Best for | Before upgrades or risky changes | Recovering from mistakes or failures |
Snapshots
Open the server's Snapshots tab and choose Take snapshot. It captures the whole disk at that moment. You pay $0.05 per GB of snapshot size each month, billed hourly.
To restore, stop the server first, then choose Restore on the snapshot. The disk returns to exactly how it was; anything written since is lost.
Automatic backups
Turn on Backups when creating a server or later in its Backups tab. It adds 20% to the plan price — for example $3.80 a month on a K2. You can also run one manual backup per day.
To restore, choose a backup and Restore; it replaces the server's current disk.
When a server is deleted
Deleting a server deletes its backups and its snapshots, and their billing stops. If your account is closed for non-payment, snapshots and backups are deleted with the servers — see Billing.