A comparison of view features

A comparison of view features between dynamic views and snapshot views.

Feature	For dynamic views	For snapshot views
Storage requirements	You need enough disk space to store any view-private files or view-private directories.	You need enough disk space to store the copies of the loaded elements and any view-private files or view-private directories.
To access HCL VersionVault elements	You start the view and mount VOBs on your computer	The config spec for your view loads elements into the view.
Assigning views to drives (Windows® systems only)	You can start a view and assign it to a drive at the same time.	Because you do not start a snapshot view, you must assign the view to a drive to access it from Windows® Explorer.
Version selection	For any element in a mounted VOB, the view always selects the version specified by the config spec. You can traverse the view-extended namespace to see any version of any element in any mounted VOB.	You use the update command to update the elements loaded into the view. You can see only the version of an element that is loaded into your view.
VOB symbolic links and VOB hard links (Windows® system treatment only)	The link is traversed each time you access the object.	The version to which the link resolves at update time is copied into the view.
Version that is checked out	By default, the checkout operation checks out the latest version on a branch, regardless of what the config spec specifies.	The checkout operation checks out the file loaded in your view, which may not be the latest version on a branch.
Build features	You can use the clearmake (and omake on Windows® computers) features of build auditing and build avoidance.	You can use clearmake (or omake on Windows® computers), but the build auditing and build avoidance features are disabled.
Sharing the views with other team members	View objects are accessible to other team members through the HCL VersionVault view-extended namespace.	View objects are accessible to other team members if you make the root directory of the view a shared folder in the Windows® file system. Snapshot views are not accessible through the HCL VersionVault view-extended namespace.