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@@ -19,9 +19,12 @@ Remote repositories can reside on Amazon S3, HDFS, Microsoft Azure,
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Google Cloud Storage,
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and other platforms supported by a {plugins}/repository.html[repository plugin].
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-Snapshots are incremental: each snapshot only stores data that
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-is not part of an earlier snapshot.
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-This enables you to take frequent snapshots with minimal overhead.
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+{es} takes snapshots incrementally: the snapshotting process only copies data
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+to the repository that was not already copied there by an earlier snapshot,
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+avoiding unnecessary duplication of work or storage space. This means you can
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+safely take snapshots very frequently with minimal overhead. However, snapshots
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+are also logically independent: deleting a snapshot does not affect the
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+integrity of any other snapshot.
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// end::snapshot-intro[]
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// tag::restore-intro[]
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