On Thu, 29 Mar 2007, Shawn Walker wrote:
> On 29/03/07, Wee Yeh Tan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On 3/30/07, Shawn Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > On 29/03/07, Atul Vidwansa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > Hi Richard,
> > > > I am not talking about source(ASCII) files. How about versioning
> > > > production data? I talked about file level snapshots because
> > > > snapshotting entire filesystem does not make sense when application is
> > > > changing just few files at a time.
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > -atul
> > >
> > > It does make sense if you understand how snapshots work. If you only
> > > change a few files, your snapshots aren't going to use much room.
> >
> > This goes back to file system layout. If the production data is
> > housed in the file system where many other changes taking place and
> > the administrator is only interested in backing up a few of those
> > files, file system layer snaps will not be "cheap".
>
> But his example was "changing just few files at a time," so that's a
> different case. Let's not try to discuss multiple examples at once :)
The OP is long on generalities and short on specifics. Without more
specifics, it's hard to provide useful input.
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