Creating and using a blob snapshot
The Azure Blob service supports the creation of read-only snapshots of a blob. A storage account is billed only for those blocks and pages in a snapshot that differ from those in the underlying blob. A blob snapshot is useful in providing a backup for a blob, as it can be used to reset the blob to an earlier state. Indeed, multiple snapshots can be made over time, allowing a historic record to be kept of the changes made to a blob.
A blob snapshot is created using the CloudBlockBlob.CreateSnapshot() method. Each snapshot of a blob is distinguished by its creation time, which must be provided to operations that are accessing the snapshot. A snapshot created at a particular datetime is addressed by appending a ...
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