Re: [Gluster-devel] Introducing file based snapshots in gluster

2016-03-01 Thread Prasanna Kumar Kalever
On Tuesday, March 1, 2016 1:15:06 PM, Kaushal M wrote: > On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 12:37 PM, Prasanna Kumar Kalever > wrote: > > Hello Gluster, > > > > > > Introducing a new file based snapshot feature in gluster which is based on > > reflinks feature which will be out from xfs in a couple of months

Re: [Gluster-devel] Introducing file based snapshots in gluster

2016-02-29 Thread Kaushal M
On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 12:37 PM, Prasanna Kumar Kalever wrote: > Hello Gluster, > > > Introducing a new file based snapshot feature in gluster which is based on > reflinks feature which will be out from xfs in a couple of months > (downstream) > > > what is a reflink ? > > You might have surel

[Gluster-devel] Introducing file based snapshots in gluster

2016-02-29 Thread Prasanna Kumar Kalever
Hello Gluster, Introducing a new file based snapshot feature in gluster which is based on reflinks feature which will be out from xfs in a couple of months (downstream) what is a reflink ? You might have surely used softlinks and hardlinks everyday! Reflink supports transparent copy on wr