How long will my backup or snapshot take to complete?
Creating a snapshot or backup takes about 1 to 3 minutes per GB of used disk space on the Droplet, so a Droplet with 10 GB of used disk space would take 10 to 30 minutes. This time can vary depending on factors like current disk activity and load levels on the Droplet or hypervisor.
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You cannot currently download DigitalOcean backups or snapshots, but you can use third-party tools to save your data locally.
You cannot downsize a Droplet from a snapshot. Data is not always stored sequentially in memory, so reducing the size of a disk can result in data loss or corruption.
Snapshots of Droplets are a best estimate based on the disk usage. Snapshots of volumes operate at the block storage level, so the snapshot size may not match what the filesystem reports.