I think this is quiet off topic, so this is my last reply. On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:27:13 Chris Cox wrote: > > Let's say you want to make a copy of your 5TB filesystem... how long > does that take? > > My point (washed away in silly talk) is that operations on large > filesytems can take a VERY long time. Just looking at the (very) > trivial examples and not looking that the problem at a whole doesn't > solve the problem (as much as we'd like to think that it does). I agree to your basic point, but what is your solution ? Even if you have distributed FSs, you still have to back it all, keep its integrity and manage it somehow. I don't see how it is a lesser problem. The basic problem is that the data we hold grows faster than the software/hardware capabilities (or they are unreasonably priced). Ehud. -- Ehud Karni Tel: +972-3-7966-561 /"\ Mivtach - Simon Fax: +972-3-7966-667 \ / ASCII Ribbon Campaign Insurance agencies (USA) voice mail and X Against HTML Mail http://www.mvs.co.il FAX: 1-815-5509341 / \ GnuPG: 98EA398D <http://www.keyserver.net/> Better Safe Than Sorry _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/
