On Tue, 22 May 2001, Andreas Dilger wrote: > > Actually, the LVM snapshot interface has (optional) hooks into the filesystem > to ensure that it is consistent at the time the snapshot is created. Note that this is still fundamentally a broken interface: the filesystem may not _have_ a block device underneath it, yet you might very well like to do defragmentation and backup none-the-less. Also, lvm snapshots are fundamentally limited to read-only data, which means that the LVM interfaces cannot be used for defragmentation and lazy fsck etc anyway. You _have_ to do those at a filesystem level. disk snapshots are useful, but they are not the answer. Linus - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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