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Omnidex Snapshots are extremely easy to move around as they are simply a collection of files. They can be backed up, moved to other servers, or if allowed, transferred to an analyst's laptop.

There are three groups of files associated with an Omnidex Snapshot:

• Metadata Files - The Omnidex Environment File contains all the metadata describing the Omnidex Snapshot.

./simple.xml

• Data Files - The data files often reside in a single directory, but can be spread to different locations as determined by the Omnidex Administrator.

./dat/cnt.dat
./dat/gdr.dat
./dat/households.dat
./dat/individuals.dat
./dat/sta.dat

• Index Files - The index files are located in a single directory as declared in the Omnidex Environment File

./idx/SIMPLE0000 ./idx/SIMPLE0001 ./idx/SIMPLE0002 ./idx/SIMPLE0003 ./idx/SIMPLE0004 ./idx/SIMPLE0005 ./idx/SIMPLE0006 ./idx/SIMPLE0007 ./idx/SIMPLE0008 ./idx/SIMPLE0009 ./idx/SIMPLE0010 ./idx/SIMPLE0011 ./idx/SIMPLESTATS

The example below shows the files for a small Omnidex Snapshot:

./simple.xml

./dat/cnt.dat ./dat/gdr.dat ./dat/households.dat ./dat/individuals.dat ./dat/sta.dat

./idx/SIMPLE0000 ./idx/SIMPLE0001 ./idx/SIMPLE0002 ./idx/SIMPLE0003 ./idx/SIMPLE0004 ./idx/SIMPLE0005 ./idx/SIMPLE0006 ./idx/SIMPLE0007 ./idx/SIMPLE0008 ./idx/SIMPLE0009 ./idx/SIMPLE0010 ./idx/SIMPLE0011 ./idx/SIMPLESTATS

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