From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (ext-mx08.extmail.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.110.12]) by int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p05J15ba009727 for ; Wed, 5 Jan 2011 14:01:05 -0500 Received: from web39301.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web39301.mail.mud.yahoo.com [66.94.238.168]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id p05J0uc5026346 for ; Wed, 5 Jan 2011 14:00:57 -0500 Message-ID: <4082.44403.qm@web39301.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <581831.19828.qm@web39308.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 10:34:15 -0800 (PST) From: Brian Neu In-Reply-To: <581831.19828.qm@web39308.mail.mud.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] snapshot pools, lvm roadmap Reply-To: LVM general discussion and development List-Id: LVM general discussion and development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: LVM general discussion and development So I'm seeing that this is actually 1 year to the day that Jonathan Brassow f/Red Hat wrote that shared snapshots was the current priority. http://www.redhat.com/archives/linux-lvm/2010-January/msg00012.html I believe that's the term for what I'm seeking. Any update? ----- Original Message ---- > From: Brian Neu > To: linux-lvm@redhat.com > Sent: Wed, January 5, 2011 2:11:16 AM > Subject: [linux-lvm] snapshot pools, lvm roadmap > > For many years, I've greatly desired a snapshotting solution which goes >above > > and beyond the current lvm features. I'd love to see the ability to >instantiate > > a storage pool for creating snapshots, with either a first-in-first-out or >even > > some other method for bumping snapshots when the pool fills up. The > inefficiency of the former style of lvm snapshots in both space and speed and > the cumbersome nature of managing them has kept me looking for alternatives. > Btrfs isn't quite there yet and may not be through 2011 or beyond. zfs-fuse > can't seem to act as a volume manager and I'm having problems with crashes. > Frustrated, I'm turning back to lvm. > > So now I'm looking at the lvm wiki and I'm seeing "shared exception store". > > Can someone fill me in on the current status of this effort as the wiki was > last updated in May-2009 ? > > Thanks! > > _______________________________________________ > linux-lvm mailing list > linux-lvm@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm > read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/ >