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Konstantin Shvachko commented on HDFS-2802:
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By rolling version on demand I just mean there is an API to create a new
version of an object and keep the old one.
My feeling is that thinking explicitly about versions rather than snapshots in
the context of this design will simplify things and make APIs more
understandable for users.
Especially since the design is already based on versioning. And the document
has an implementation proposal for that.
> Support for RW/RO snapshots in HDFS
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>
> Key: HDFS-2802
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-2802
> Project: Hadoop HDFS
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Components: data-node, name-node
> Reporter: Hari Mankude
> Assignee: Hari Mankude
> Attachments: HDFSSnapshotsDesign.pdf, snap.patch,
> snapshot-one-pager.pdf, Snapshots20121018.pdf
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> Snapshots are point in time images of parts of the filesystem or the entire
> filesystem. Snapshots can be a read-only or a read-write point in time copy
> of the filesystem. There are several use cases for snapshots in HDFS. I will
> post a detailed write-up soon with with more information.
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