From: John Hearns <john.hearns@streamline-computing.com>
To: LVM general discussion and development <linux-lvm@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Best practice: metadata backup
Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2007 08:23:54 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1186644244.11799.6.camel@Vigor13> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0708081447350.23150-100000@bmsred.bmsi.com>
On Wed, 2007-08-08 at 15:03 -0400, Stuart D. Gathman wrote:
>
> I've always been interested in data storage that can recover from
> disaster. I designed a database filesystem that stores a table id
> in every block, so that usable tables and directories can be recovered
> regardless of what portion of the filesystem is wiped out (missing records,
> of course). It has saved our customers butt several times ("No, we don't
> know where the backup tapes have gone...we took them offsite like you said.
> You didn't say anything about bringing them back.").
Something along the lines of an object-based filesystem?
Great minds think alike!
I do a lot of work with Panasas www.panasas.com
and Lustre www.clusterfs.com
Not that familiar with ZFS - anyone care to comment?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-08-09 7:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-08-05 4:17 [linux-lvm] Best practice: metadata backup Stuart D. Gathman
2007-08-07 19:01 ` Alasdair G Kergon
2007-08-07 20:56 ` Stuart D. Gathman
2007-08-07 21:34 ` Alasdair G Kergon
2007-08-08 19:03 ` Stuart D. Gathman
2007-08-08 21:21 ` Alasdair G Kergon
2007-08-09 7:23 ` John Hearns [this message]
2007-08-07 21:44 ` paddy
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