From: CACook@quantum-sci.com
To: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: How Snapshots Inter-relate?
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 08:03:20 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201104220803.20552.CACook@quantum-sci.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1303411647.25281.2.camel@ayu>
On Thursday 21 April, 2011 11:47:25 Calvin Walton wrote:
> You have nothing to worry about. You can delete any snapshot on btrfs
> without losing data from any other snapshot. Each snapshot is completely
> independent.
>
> This works because data which is shared between multiple snapshots is
> reference counted, and won't be deleted until you remove the last
> snapshot that references that data.
Wow. Awesome job, BTRFS team.
Would it be good practice to say, once a year, do a completely new fresh snapshot?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-04-22 15:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-04-21 17:17 How Snapshots Inter-relate? CACook
2011-04-21 18:47 ` Calvin Walton
2011-04-22 15:03 ` CACook [this message]
2011-04-22 15:30 ` Fajar A. Nugraha
2011-04-22 15:39 ` Helmut Hullen
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