So I'm seeing that this is actually 1 year to the day that Jonathan Brassow f/Red Hat wrote that shared snapshots was the current priority. http://www.redhat.com/archives/linux-lvm/2010-January/msg00012.html I believe that's the term for what I'm seeking. Any update? ----- Original Message ---- > From: Brian Neu <proclivity76@yahoo.com> > To: linux-lvm@redhat.com > Sent: Wed, January 5, 2011 2:11:16 AM > Subject: snapshot pools, lvm roadmap > > For many years, I've greatly desired a snapshotting solution which goes >above > > and beyond the current lvm features. I'd love to see the ability to >instantiate > > a storage pool for creating snapshots, with either a first-in-first-out or >even > > some other method for bumping snapshots when the pool fills up. The > inefficiency of the former style of lvm snapshots in both space and speed and > the cumbersome nature of managing them has kept me looking for alternatives. > Btrfs isn't quite there yet and may not be through 2011 or beyond. zfs-fuse > can't seem to act as a volume manager and I'm having problems with crashes. > Frustrated, I'm turning back to lvm. > > So now I'm looking at the lvm wiki and I'm seeing "shared exception store". > > Can someone fill me in on the current status of this effort as the wiki was > last updated in May-2009 ? > > Thanks! > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > _______________________________________________ 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/