Checkpointed state

When managing platforms and engines, the platform saves the last scanned state of an object to a local hard drive. This act is called checkpointing and the last scanned state is known as the checkpointed state. Checkpointing allows for the quick recovery of an object’s state in the event of a failure without the dependence on the application’s database or GalaxyRepository.

Platforms and engines that are started by Platform Manager are started in their checkpointed scan state. When stopping platforms and engines, their last scan state is checkpointed.