Instant Snapshots on Compute Engine

Google is pleased to present instant snapshots for Compute Engine, which offer high-frequency, nearly immediate point-in-time checks of a disk

Recovery time objective (RTO) in the tens of seconds and recovery point objective (RPO) of seconds are provided via instant snapshots

Compute Engine instant snapshots let you recover when data needs to be rolled back but the infrastructure is intact

Compared to conventional snapshots, Compute Engine Instant snapshots have several advantages

Instant snapshots are made on regional or zonal drives, and they are stored in the same location as the media type and source disk

Every instant snapshot can be quickly restored in a matter of seconds to a new disk

For long-term, geo-redundant storage, you can migrate instant snapshots to a separate point of presence