On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 11:15 AM, Khushil Dep via smartos-discuss < [email protected]> wrote:
> > > On 23 Sep 2014, at 21:28, Robert Mustacchi <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On 9/23/14 12:37 , GMail via smartos-discuss wrote: > >> Does anyone here have a good solution for file level snapshots at all? > I need to be able to take file snapshots on demand. > > > > Is there some reason that normal ZFS snapshots don't work? You can > > always create a delegated dataset that jut contains the subset of files > > you want to snapshot. > > > > Robert > > Hi Robert > > It’s not the same file set each time. I’m trying to find an elegant > solution to snapshotting files on change. > > Since zfs provides a block level snapshot it's unlikely to directly help for file level snapshots. If you need atomicity, use zfs to take the filesystem snap. Then use something like bup, obnam, git-annex or similar to track the file level changes. Final dump the zfs snapshot straight away. Nicholas ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
