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On Jul 28, 2005, at 3:26 PM, Ming Zhang wrote:

> Thanks a lot for this information.
np

> Is there anything external people like us can do to speed up this?

1) File detailed bug reports
2) complain on this list
3) submit patches

>  There
> are many people waiting for this snapshot feature since it is so useful
> and essential. frankly, i know there are plan to replace md with dm, 
> but
> since md is already stable and this snapshot is very unstable, why not
> do this first? :P

The squeaky wheel gets the grease.  Right now, multipath, [cluster] 
mirroring have been getting all the attention at the expense of single 
machine snap-shot.  Hopefully, we can get snapshots soon.

  brassow