Snapshots Support Articles

Snapshots do not retain the IP address of the Droplet they were created from, but you can use floating IPs to assign the same address to new or redeployed Droplets.

You cannot currently download DigitalOcean backups or snapshots, but you can use third-party tools to save your data locally.

You can manually back up a Droplet using DigitalOcean snapshots or backups or, alternatively, using a third-party tool like rsync or SFTP.

You can transfer snapshots of Droplets to other users, who can then recreate the Droplet on their account from the snapshot.

Creating a backup or snapshot takes roughly 2 minutes per GB of used space.