Where are droplet snapshots stored? On the droplet itself or elsewhere?

Posted August 8, 2016
Storage Ubuntu

If i have a snapshot that was created two years ago, approx 8GIG. If deleted, does it free up HD space on the droplet itself?

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Woet • August 8, 2016

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Droplets are not stored on your droplet and do not take up disk space.

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