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No-Charge Droplet Archiving

Posted August 28, 2013 6.5k views
I have a droplet that I'm not regularly using, but I don't want to dispose of it entirely. Is it possible to archive it and keep the image around at a lower cost than keeping the droplet active?
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pablo August 28, 2013
Take a snapshot & then destroy your droplet. Another option is to use Duplicity to create an off-site backup.
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  • henry548802a553 September 29, 2015

    When I go to destroy a droplet I get a message saying:

    ‘This is irreversible. We will destroy your droplet and all associated backups.’

    Can I please confirm this won’t destroy my snapshot as well?

    Also, what does the 'Scrub Data’ checkbox do?

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    • kamaln7 September 30, 2015

      Destroying a droplet will not destroy any snapshots, only automatic backups.

      The “Scrub Data” option makes sure that your droplet’s disk is securely erased. If it’s checked, it will overwrite your whole disk with 0’s to ensure that the next droplet will not have any way to try and reconstruct data from it.

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