On 2022-11-16, David Christensen wrote:
>
> Of course, a reverse operation is desirable -- e.g. "restore".
Very, very desirable.
On 11/15/22 10:32, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
[1] https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/images-btrfs/6/68/Btree_TOS.pdf
Thank you for the link.
Thank you IBM for making that paper public (and not behind a pay wall).
David
On 11/15/22 06:27, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm not really clear on the concept of a snapshot (for backup) -- I've done a
little googling but haven't found an explanation that "satisfies" me.
In this email I want to hyptothesize on what a snapshot might be in the hope
that others can correct /
On Tue, Nov 15, 2022 at 11:10:16AM -0500, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> Intentionally top-posting; Thanks to all who replied, I think I have a
> pretty
> good understanding and I think the biggest thing I was missing was how a file
> could be reconstructed using only the metadata, but I now see
pa...@quillandmouse.com wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Nov 2022 09:40:11 -0500
> Dan Ritter wrote:
>
> > rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> > > I'm not really clear on the concept of a snapshot (for backup) --
> > > I've done a little googling but haven't found an explanation that
> > > "satisfies" me.
> > >
>
> On Tue, 15 Nov 2022 09:40:11 -0500
> Dan Ritter wrote:
>
> > rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> > > I'm not really clear on the concept of a snapshot (for backup) --
> > > I've done a little googling but haven't found an explanation that
> > > "satisfies" me.
> > >
> > > Starting from a
On Tue, 15 Nov 2022 09:27:05 -0500
rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> I'm not really clear on the concept of a snapshot (for backup) --
> I've done a little googling but haven't found an explanation that
> "satisfies" me.
>
> In this email I want to hyptothesize on what a snapshot might be in
> the
Intentionally top-posting; Thanks to all who replied, I think I have a pretty
good understanding and I think the biggest thing I was missing was how a file
could be reconstructed using only the metadata, but I now see the explanation
that filesystems that can do snapshots are COW and now
Hi,
rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> In this email I want to hyptothesize on what a snapshot might be in the hope
> that others can correct / amplify it when I go wrong.
Nitpicking mode on.
> I suppose I could copy the entire contents of
> whatever I wanted to make a snapshot of (by any of a
On Tue, 15 Nov 2022 09:40:11 -0500
Dan Ritter wrote:
> rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> > I'm not really clear on the concept of a snapshot (for backup) --
> > I've done a little googling but haven't found an explanation that
> > "satisfies" me.
> >
> > Starting from a beginning, I suppose I could
rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> I'm not really clear on the concept of a snapshot (for backup) -- I've done a
> little googling but haven't found an explanation that "satisfies" me.
>
> Starting from a beginning, I suppose I could copy the entire contents of
> whatever I wanted to make a snapshot
Am 15.11.2022 um 15:27 schrieb rhkra...@gmail.com:
> I'm not really clear on the concept of a snapshot (for backup) -- I've done a
> little googling but haven't found an explanation that "satisfies" me.
I am familiar with snapshots on zfs. There might be different meanings
in other contexts, idk
I'm not really clear on the concept of a snapshot (for backup) -- I've done a
little googling but haven't found an explanation that "satisfies" me.
In this email I want to hyptothesize on what a snapshot might be in the hope
that others can correct / amplify it when I go wrong.
Starting from a
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