From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Lee Revell Subject: Re: The argument for fs assistance in handling archives Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2004 14:21:07 -0400 Message-ID: <1094149266.11364.73.camel@krustophenia.net> References: <20040826150202.GE5733@mail.shareable.org> <200408282314.i7SNErYv003270@localhost.localdomain> <20040901200806.GC31934@mail.shareable.org> <20040902002431.GN31934@mail.shareable.org> <413694E6.7010606@slaphack.com> <4136A14E.9010303@slaphack.com> <4136C876.5010806@namesys.com> <4136E0B6.4000705@namesys.com> <1117111836.20040902115249@tnonline.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Hans Reiser , Linus Torvalds , David Masover , Jamie Lokier , Horst von Brand , Adrian Bunk , viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk, Christoph Hellwig , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel , Alexander Lyamin aka FLX , ReiserFS List Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com To: Spam In-Reply-To: <1117111836.20040902115249@tnonline.net> List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org On Thu, 2004-09-02 at 05:52, Spam wrote: > Btw, version control for ordinary files would be a great feature. I > think something like it is available through Windows 2000/3 server. > Isn't it called "Shadow Copies". It works over network shares. :) > > It allows you to restore previous versions of the file even if you > delete or overwrite it. > > Features like this do make a good point and helps protecting data - > something that is important IMHO. > > http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windowsserv/2003/standard/proddocs/en-us/overview_snapshot.asp > Netapp's WAFL has had this for ages, they are called snapshots, and they are one of the most useful file system features ever. But Microsoft certainly did not invent them. Lee