[jira] [Created] (HBASE-20977) Don't use the word "Snapshot" when defining "HBase Snapshots"

["Josh Elser (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Josh Elser created HBASE-20977:
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             Summary: Don't use the word "Snapshot" when defining "HBase Snapshots"
                 Key: HBASE-20977
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-20977
             Project: HBase
          Issue Type: Improvement
          Components: documentation
            Reporter: Josh Elser
            Assignee: Josh Elser


[From http://hbase.apache.org/book.html#ops.snapshots|http://hbase.apache.org/book.html#ops.snapshots]
{quote}HBase Snapshots allow you to take a snapshot of a table without too much impact on Region Servers
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We should change this to not use the word "snapshot" when defining what HBase Snapshots are. It's confusing enough to English-as-a-first-language individuals; I imagine it's even more cyclical to ESL individuals.



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