Tuesday, January 11, 2005 4:19 PM
AdiOltean
How many shadow copies you can create in Windows?
There are various numeric limits, imposed either in the OS or in the specific shadow copy provider. Here is a table that summarizes all the numbers.
Note that the limit below is per volume, not per system.
|
Maximum number of shadow copies per volume |
Windows XP |
Windows Server 2003 |
|
Provider |
Shadow type |
|
The in-box provider
(ships with Windows) |
Writers, non-persistent (used for backup) |
1 |
512
|
|
No writers, non-persistent |
n/a
|
|
Writers, persistent |
|
No writers, persistent |
|
Shadow Copies for Shared Folders
(no writers, non-persistent) |
64 |
|
Third-party Hardware providers
|
Writers, non-persistent (used for backup) |
n/a
|
Provider-specific (No max limit imposed by VSS) |
|
No writers, non-persistent |
|
Writers, persistent |
|
No writers, persistent |
|
Shadow Copies for Shared Folders |
n/a |
