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# Snapshot

### Automated Snapshot Technology With Bacula Enterprise

**Snapshot Technology**  
 A Snapshot is a view of a data set frozen at a point in time which allows applications to continue writing their data. Bacula Enterprise automatically handles snapshots, backing up a consistent point-in-time image of your system. Bacula offers snapshot support across a wide range of operating systems and environments, including of course Windows, Unix and Linux platforms.

The following snapshot-capable file systems and logical volume managers are supported with Bacula Enterprise:

- [ZFS](https://www.baculasystems.com/corporate-data-backup-software-solutions/bacula-enterprise-data-backup-software/zfs/)
- BTRFS
- LVM

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**Snapshot Management**

Bacula Enterprise brings enterprise-grade Snapshot management via GUI tools through a unique interface. It is also possible to keep snapshots after a backup and keep track of them using Bacula’s Catalog.

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