From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pradeep Padala Subject: [RFC] Log-structured File System for Linux that Supports Snapshots Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 20:03:43 -0400 Message-ID: <430FADDF.7080307@eecs.umich.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: logfs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Return-path: Received: from smtp.eecs.umich.edu ([141.213.4.43]:24708 "EHLO smtp.eecs.umich.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030250AbVH0AD6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Aug 2005 20:03:58 -0400 To: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org Hello, For past two months, I have been working on developing a log-structured file system (LFS) that supports snapshots as a part of the Google Summer of Code (SoC) [1] program. The motivation and goals for the project are described in my SoC proposal [2]. In the current state, LFS is quite usable (all the basic fs operations are working), and a working cleaner is also available. However, it's not yet ready for the heavy iron and I need to sort out a few issues. I hope to include it in the mainline, and I will release a set of patches later for reviewing. Instructions on compiling and using the stable and development versions from CVS are available at [3]. The bleeding edge version includes basic snapshotting framework. The project website is http://logfs.sourceforge.net, and a mailing list [4] is available for discussion. Comments are welcome. Thanks, -- Pradeep Padala http://ppadala.blogspot.com [1] http://code.google.com/summerofcode.html [2] http://logfs.sourceforge.net/lfs.pdf [3] http://logfs.sourceforge.net/compiling.html [4] http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/logfs-devel