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From: Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com>
Subject: Re: Snapshots a la NetApp?
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 23:49:42 +0300
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To: Heinz-Josef Claes <hjclaes@web.de>
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Heinz-Josef Claes wrote:

>Am Son, 2003-03-23 um 04.38 schrieb kend@xanoptix.com:
>  
>
>>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.
>>
>>Just curious...
>>
>>Ken D'Ambrosio
>>Sr. SysAdmin,
>>Xanoptix, Inc.
>>    
>>
>
>Hi,
>you can look at the URL below. It's a kind of snapshot inspired by
>NetApp, but has nothing to do with LVM or the filesystem. It also has a
>different behaviour.
>
>  
>
I didn't find the magic click that gave me the design doc for 
storebackup, could you post it to the list?

-- 
Hans