[re-adding ceph-users] Yes, it can corrupt the metadata and require use of filesystem repair tools. I really don't recommend using snapshots except on toy clusters.
On Wednesday, June 22, 2016, Brady Deetz <[email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: > Snapshots would be excellent for a number of fairly obvious reasons. Are > any of the know issues with snapshots issues that result in the loss of > non-snapshot data or a cluster? > On Jun 22, 2016 2:16 PM, "Gregory Farnum" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Wednesday, June 22, 2016, Kenneth Waegeman <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> In Jewel ceph fs snapshots are still experimental. Does someone has a >>> clue when this would become stable, or how experimental this is ? >>> >> >> We're not sure yet. Probably it will follow stable multi-MDS; we're >> thinking about redoing some of the core snapshot pieces still. :/ >> >> It's still pretty experimental in Jewel. Shen had been working on this >> and I think it often works, but tends to fall apart under the failure of >> other components (eg, restarting an MDS while snapshot work is happening). >> > s/Shen/Zheng/ Silly autocorrect! > -Greg >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ceph-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.ceph.com/listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.com >> >>
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