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On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 07:52:08PM +0200, Juergen Hannken-Illjes wrote:
>=20
> I can see two different approaches to file system snapshots:
>=20
> 1) Kirk McKusick ffs snapshots from FreeBSD. It is an extension of the
>    ffs file system with these properties (I hope I get them right..):
>=20
>    - Backing store is always the snapshotted file system.
>    - The snapshot appears as a file whose size is the size of the file
>      system. Blocks unallocated at the time of the snapshot read as 0's.
>    - It allows up to 20 snapshots per file system
>    - The snapshots survive unmounts and reboots.
>=20
>    - Mounting or dumping the snapshot is possible through vnd(4) and/or
>      some modifications to dump(8).
> 2) A somewhat generic approach similar to the fssnap from Solaris:
>=20
>    - Backing store must be on another file system (or swap / memory).
>    - The snapshot appears as a raw/block pseudo device. It is possible
>      to freeze the unallocated blocks as well.
>    - Number of snapshots is bound by the number of pseudo devices.
>    - The snapshots get cleared on unmount.

[snip]

> Which one is better?

They are each better for different uses. So neither one will win out=20
overall.

Take care,

Bill

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