From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pradeep Padala Subject: Re: [RFC] Log-structured File System for Linux that Supports Snapshots Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 12:15:06 -0400 Message-ID: <4314860A.8020603@eecs.umich.edu> References: <20050830065507.C5C845D09A@fs.osrg.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, nilfs@osrg.net Return-path: Received: from smtp.eecs.umich.edu ([141.213.4.43]:17828 "EHLO smtp.eecs.umich.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932197AbVH3QPU (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Aug 2005 12:15:20 -0400 To: amagai@osrg.net In-Reply-To: <20050830065507.C5C845D09A@fs.osrg.net> Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org >>For past two months, I have been working on developing a >>log-structured file system (LFS) that supports snapshots as a part o > > > We are also developing an LFS for Linux 2.6, named Nilfs (a new > implementation of a log-structured file system). We implemented Nilfs > using modern technology, for example, file and inode blocks are > managed by B-trees, internal data is processed in 64 bit wide word > size. The Nilfs also supports snapshots. The snapshots are > automatically hold without any explicit requests, the can be mounted > as a read-only file system. > However, cleaner functions are under development. > > The Nilfs will be available soon as open source software under GPL. > Could you cooperate with us on Linux LFSes! Sure, do you have any web site for the project? A simple google search didn't yield anything. -- Pradeep Padala http://ppadala.blogspot.com