Re: [zfs-discuss] snapshot question

2010-07-30 Thread whitetr6
Thank you James, exactly the answer I needed. Regards, Mark On Jul 29, 2010 3:05pm, James Dickens wrote: On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 11:50 AM, Mark white...@gmail.com> wrote: I'm trying to understand how snapshots work in terms of how I can use them for recovering and/or duplicating virtual

Re: [zfs-discuss] snapshot question

2010-07-29 Thread James Dickens
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 11:50 AM, Mark wrote: > I'm trying to understand how snapshots work in terms of how I can use them > for recovering and/or duplicating virtual machines, and how I should set up > my file system. > > I want to use OpenSolaris as a storage platform with NFS/ZFS for some > de

[zfs-discuss] snapshot question

2010-07-29 Thread Mark
I'm trying to understand how snapshots work in terms of how I can use them for recovering and/or duplicating virtual machines, and how I should set up my file system. I want to use OpenSolaris as a storage platform with NFS/ZFS for some development VMs; that is, the VMs use the OpenSolaris box

Re: [zfs-discuss] Snapshot question

2009-11-14 Thread Richard Elling
opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org ] On Behalf Of Richard Elling Sent: Saturday, 14 November 2009 5:02 AM To: Rodrigo E. De León Plicet Cc: zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org Subject: Re: [zfs-discuss] Snapshot question On Nov 13, 2009, at 6:43 AM, Rodrigo E. De León Plicet wrote:

Re: [zfs-discuss] Snapshot question

2009-11-13 Thread Tristan Ball
rg [mailto:zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Richard Elling Sent: Saturday, 14 November 2009 5:02 AM To: Rodrigo E. De León Plicet Cc: zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org Subject: Re: [zfs-discuss] Snapshot question On Nov 13, 2009, at 6:43 AM, Rodrigo E. De León Plicet wrote: > While r

Re: [zfs-discuss] Snapshot question

2009-11-13 Thread Richard Elling
On Nov 13, 2009, at 6:43 AM, Rodrigo E. De León Plicet wrote: While reading about NILFS here: http://www.linux-mag.com/cache/7345/1.html I saw this: One of the most noticeable features of NILFS is that it can "continuously and automatically save instantaneous states of the file system w

Re: [zfs-discuss] Snapshot question

2009-11-13 Thread Casper . Dik
>While reading about NILFS here: > >http://www.linux-mag.com/cache/7345/1.html > > >I saw this: > >*One of the most noticeable features of NILFS is that it can "continu= >ously >> and automatically save instantaneous states of the file system with= >out >> interrupting service". NILFS refers to th

[zfs-discuss] Snapshot question

2009-11-13 Thread Rodrigo E . De León Plicet
While reading about NILFS here: http://www.linux-mag.com/cache/7345/1.html I saw this: *One of the most noticeable features of NILFS is that it can "continuously > and automatically save instantaneous states of the file system without > interrupting service". NILFS refers to these as checkpoint