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DateMon, 22 Apr 2002 14:19:20 +0200
FromLibor Vanek <>
SubjectRe: Adding snapshot capability to Linux

Peter Wächtler wrote:

> Libor Vaněk wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I'm going to start my dissertation work which is "Adding snapshop 
>> capability to Linux kernel with copy-on-write support". My idea is 
>> add it as another VFS - I know that there is some snapshot support in 
>> LVM but it's working on "device-level" and I'd like/have to do it on 
>> fs level.
>>
> This functionality already exists in LVM (logical volume manager). 


But AFAIK it doesn't work on fs level but (i.e. you cannot make snapshot 
of some directory which contains NFS/Samba mapped dirs).

Libor



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