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    SubjectRe: ext4 features
    On Sat, Jul 01, 2006 at 06:33:01PM +0200, Thomas Glanzmann wrote:
    > Hello,
    > I would like to know which new features are planed to be incorported by
    > ext4. So far I only read about supporting bigger filesystems to fit
    > recent hardware developments. So are there any other big goals for ext4?
    >
    > What I personally would like to see most in ext4 are
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    > * checksums for data

    Checksums are not very useful for themselves. They are useful when we
    have other copy of data (think raid mirroring) so data can be
    reconstructed from working copy.

    > * and snapshots on filesystem basis

    What's wrong with DM snapshots?

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    Tomasz Torcz There exists no separation between gods and men:
    zdzichu@irc.-nie.spam-.pl one blends softly casual into the other.

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