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in-memory snapshots will resuse existing snapshot code when possible. So key design decisions stay the same. It assumed that reader knows and understand IEP-43. So design description will focus on difference on persistence and in-memory snapshot.

API

Creation

1. PME + Checkpoint guarantees to make sure of visibility of all dirty pages:

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• DataRegionConfiguration#persistenceEnabled=false  for in-memory caches by the definition.
• The same value must be for DataRegionConfiguration when cache group restored from in-memory snapshot.
• After this feature implemented PageIO will require to be backward compatible.
• The way to restore snapshot on different topology must be further investigated.
• Empty pages of DataRegion will be written to snapshot.
• Compaction of snapshot must be further investigated.
• No concurrent snapshot operation - persistent, in-memory allowed. This can be eliminated in next phases to provide the ability to create full cluster snapshot by one command.  

Discussion Links

// Links to discussions on the devlist, if applicable.

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• IEP-43: Cluster persistent caches snapshots
• https://www.tarantool.io/en/doc/latest/book/admin/backups/
• https://redis.io/docs/management/persistence/

Tickets