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# Snapshots and Recovery

Overview of GridGain snapshots and recovery: full and incremental snapshots, point-in-time recovery, network backups, heterogeneous recovery, and tooling.

GridGain provides the ability to create snapshots of the data stored in a cluster and later use them to recover the cluster. This section describes how to create, manage, and recover from snapshots.

The following topics are covered:

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[Data Snapshots and Recovery](/docs/gridgain/gridgain-8/gridgain8-management/backup-and-replication/snapshots/snapshots-and-recovery.md)
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GridGain Ultimate Edition snapshots and recovery for Ignite native persistence, including how they differ from Apache Ignite snapshots.
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[Full and Incremental Snapshots](/docs/gridgain/gridgain-8/gridgain8-management/backup-and-replication/snapshots/full-incremental-snapshots.md)
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How to create, restore, and secure full and incremental GridGain snapshots with the Java API and the snapshot utility, including the creation flow.
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[Point-in-Time Recovery](/docs/gridgain/gridgain-8/gridgain8-management/backup-and-replication/snapshots/point-in-time-recovery.md)
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How GridGain Point-in-Time Recovery (PITR) uses continuous WAL archiving to restore a cluster to any past moment, with requirements and limitations.
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[Network Backups](/docs/gridgain/gridgain-8/gridgain8-management/backup-and-replication/snapshots/network-backups.md)
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How to create, restore, and remove GridGain network backups on NAS, NFS, or SFTP storage, including SFTP location configuration and JKS key setup.
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[Heterogeneous Recovery](/docs/gridgain/gridgain-8/gridgain8-management/backup-and-replication/snapshots/heterogeneous-recovery.md)
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How to restore GridGain snapshots and continuous archives on a cluster with a different size and topology, from local snapshots, network backups, or PITR.
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[Snapshots Management Tool](/docs/gridgain/gridgain-8/gridgain8-management/backup-and-replication/snapshots/snapshots-management-tool.md)
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Reference for the GridGain snapshot-utility command-line tool — its commands, connection/output/SSL parameters, exit codes, command arguments, and error codes.
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