On Fri, Oct 24, 2003 at 10:50:17AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > major headache. Or one can make a snapshot, but would not that > snapshot take up as much space as the original?
No. Solaris fssnap and Linux LVM snapshots are "copy on write". The physical manifestation of the snapshot is a chunk of disk somewhere that is only touched when the original file system is modified. > And how long would > it take to do a snapshot on a 40gig filesystem? It is essentially instant. -- Jay Lessert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Accelerant Networks Inc. (voice)1.503.439.3461 Beaverton OR, USA (fax)1.503.466.9472
