i have a question about snapshot in lvm. why implementing snapshot in vm, there is any reason about it ? why not do snapshot in filesystem,such as snapfs? and what are the advantage and disadvantage in it? thanks for any reply. TIA for your help and sorry for my poor English. Echo _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@sistina.com http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://www.sistina.com/lvm/Pages/howto.html