Gaining a better insight to MX Snapshot & Snapshot Repeats / Updates
by LinWinux from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5AHGF)
I believe that MX snapshot is one of the best point 'n' click tools that anyone can ask for in a Linux distro. With that said, I'd like to gain a better understanding of how it works, thus I have some questions. Most things are pretty much self-explanetory, but when you open up the MX Snapshot tool, on the second screen the user is able to see a variety of compression schemes for the snapshot that's about to be created. The xz is usually the default compression. But there are also schemes for lz4, lzo, and gzip. I'd like to know at what particular time any of those compression schemes would be best to use?
For example, if a user is creating the very first snapshot of a system, is the default xz always the best one to use, and why?
If a snapshot has been installed on another system and at some point several months or even a year later down the road another newer snapshot of that same system is desired, is the default xz compression at that point still the best compression scheme to use?
Does the MX Snapshot tool work with all USB types i.e. USB 2.0 USB 3.0 and USB C, or is USB 2.0 the best type of USB stick to use for a snapshot?
Also, why are there four different compression schemes to select, and which specific (best?) purpose (Operating System type?) does each of them serve?
Finally, is it possible to add apps or other data to an existing snapshot on a usb stick (or external drive), without having to create a new snapshot from scratch? I'm asking that last question because I work with snapshots probably about every 3 months. My methodology is always identical. Yet I'd say that 50% of the snapshots work from the getgo, while the other 50% either work only partially, or in some rare cases not at all. This behavior is confusing since the method never changes. Is it possible that the compression schemes have something to do with that?
Thank you.
For example, if a user is creating the very first snapshot of a system, is the default xz always the best one to use, and why?
If a snapshot has been installed on another system and at some point several months or even a year later down the road another newer snapshot of that same system is desired, is the default xz compression at that point still the best compression scheme to use?
Does the MX Snapshot tool work with all USB types i.e. USB 2.0 USB 3.0 and USB C, or is USB 2.0 the best type of USB stick to use for a snapshot?
Also, why are there four different compression schemes to select, and which specific (best?) purpose (Operating System type?) does each of them serve?
Finally, is it possible to add apps or other data to an existing snapshot on a usb stick (or external drive), without having to create a new snapshot from scratch? I'm asking that last question because I work with snapshots probably about every 3 months. My methodology is always identical. Yet I'd say that 50% of the snapshots work from the getgo, while the other 50% either work only partially, or in some rare cases not at all. This behavior is confusing since the method never changes. Is it possible that the compression schemes have something to do with that?
Thank you.