US Patent 11681588 Performing conditional snapshot creation during continuous data protection age-out

A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes creating a log of one or more events occurring during a performance of continuous data protection (CDP) for an instance of data; in response to identifying a conclusion of the performance of CDP for the instance of data, determining a value for the one or more events within the log; and conditionally creating and storing a snapshot of the instance of data, based on a comparison of the value for the one or more events to a predetermined threshold.