> -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Schrock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > The clone and snapshot "share" space. This relationship must > be maintained for internal accounting purposes, but also for > the administrator to know which clones are sharing space with > the original snapshot. We tried for a while to allow a means > to destroy the original filesystem (thereby 'divorcing' the > clone from its snapshot), but it's just not doable, both from > an implementation perspective and a space accounting perspective. >
They share _some_ space, right? I mean, writing on the clone necessarily implies allocation of blocks to the clone. (at least figuratively...) I do not understand the last sentence, isn't that what 'promotion' is all about? severing the link? -PWM _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
