Delphix versus Storage Snapshots

photo by Gonzalo Iza

This article lists some of the key capabilities that Delphix provides over and above Storage Snapshot based cloning solutions to meet the increasing business demand for Agile Development.

I’ve blogged about this before in

1. It’s not about the snapshot

2. It’s about Data Supply Chain

3. Data as a Service

4. Difference between storage snapshots and database virtualization

First it is useful to contrast the distinct goals and implementation behind Storage Snapshots and Delphix.

Storage Snapshots

The primary use for storage snapshots is to enable backups of active database systems. A backup takes a long time and read more …