>
> Maybe the format allows unlimited O(1) snapshots, but it's at best
> O(1) to take them.  All over the place it's probably O(n) or worse to
> _have_ them.  to boot with them, to scrub with them.

Why would a scrub be O(n snapshots)?

The O(n filesystems) effects reported from time to time in  
OpenSolaris seem due to code that iterates over them. The new ability  
to create huge numbers of them puts stress on assumptions valid in  
more traditional UNIX configurations, right?

--Toby
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