Snapshot-Restore
Disk Snapshot Formats and Incremental Snapshot Strategies
Disk format matters less than how snapshots capture, index, and restore agent state.
Rahul Venkatesan · October 21, 2026 · 9 min read
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Disk format matters less than how snapshots capture, index, and restore agent state.
Idle time dominates agent costs, so match billing to workload structure.
Idle time dominates agent costs, and how platforms bill it determines deployment economics.
Suspending idle agents as snapshots cuts compute costs without rebuild overhead.
Multiple infrastructure layers compound cold start delays before agents produce any output.