# Snapshot Services - Customer Benefits

- ## No-impact Online Backup

  - Snapshots are the “source for backup”
  - Creation of snapshots is instantaneous
  - Snapshot can be saved to tape at a convenient time
    - Uses Industry leading backup engines
  - Applications continue to access the original diskduring backup

- ## Fast Restore

  - Protect against application failure using periodic snapshots
  - Rollback in the event of application failure

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