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Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:22:13 +0200
From: Tomasz Chmielewski <mangoo@wpkg.org>
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Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Server hangs when writing to LVM volume due to LVM
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Veselin Kantsev schrieb:
> Hi Thomas,
> I think I've misunderstood the concept of snapshots.
> 
> So If I have 7 snapshots of the same volume (created at different times)
> and a file is changed, would the change affect all 7 snapshots or 
> just the latest one created?
> 
> If the former, then I imagine changing a 1GB+ file, in my
> situation will result in an unpleasant experience with the LVM snapshots.

Yes, writing 1 GB will in effect end up in writing 8 GB if you have 7 
snapshots.


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