From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Oleg Drokin Subject: Re: Snapshots a la NetApp? Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 15:44:04 +0300 Message-ID: <20030323154404.B15078@namesys.com> References: <200303221822.34401.phma@webjockey.net> <33433.10.20.2.148.1048390681.squirrel@alpha> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <33433.10.20.2.148.1048390681.squirrel@alpha> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: kend@xanoptix.com Cc: reiserfs-list@namesys.com Hello! On Sat, Mar 22, 2003 at 10:38:01PM -0500, kend@xanoptix.com wrote: > I'm just wondering if there's any development being done on NetApp-like > snapshots. (This differs from LVM snapshots in that it's file-by-file, > instead of volume based.) If not, has anyone given it any consideration? > It would be a huge win for the RAID-in-a-box folks, and, speaking as a > sysadmin, is something about which I dream frequently. That sounds like file versioning on filesystem, perhaps filesystem (binary only and stuff) from ClearCase suite (or what was the name) from Rational have this. Though I have not tried it myself. And their http://www.rational.com does not answers. May be related to the fact that they were bought by IBM recently ;) Bye, Oleg