cloned volumes - why?

[mzimry]

Hey @displague
Why does the plugin clone the volumes when creating backup? why not creating the volume from the snapshot only when running 'velero restore' ?

[displague]

Hi, @mzimry.

I've created:

• Recommend an alternative for this project #6

It looks like you walked down a similar path with you comment here: linode/linode-blockstorage-csi-driver#107 (comment)

This project clones the volume because this is functionally equivalent to taking a snapshot (short of support for an snapshot feature and any benefits or optimizations that may come with that approach). This is the simplest way to ensure that an off-cluster clone of the volume exists.

I don't see API alternatives: https://www.linode.com/docs/api/volumes/#volume-clone (there is no volume-snapshot feature, not an object to create a bucket from a blockstorage volume)

[displague]

I am so disconnected from this project that I completely forgot Linode Object Storage was involved.