3.1.4. Snapshot

A snapshot mechanism [42] is officially included in the HLF V2.3 to back-up a peer. A snapshot comprises several files that are exported from local databases of a peer. It can be used for checking whether ledger forks occur among different organizations and letting a new peer join the channel without synchronizing previously committed blocks from other peers. When a peer is going to generate a snapshot, the committing of blocks is stopped to prevent read-write conflicts.
