> These guys have snapshot pools working as an addon product. It mostly > works using straight device mapper - but they have a kernel patch that is > needed for some deadlock issues. > > http://zumastor.org/ > Thanks Stewart, but the last update to their subversion repo was in Aug-2008. It seems like a great solution, but I don't think I can put into production a possibly stale project without a significant user base. Have you tried it? I perform SMB consulting and when a Linux solution fits the client's needs, I always go with Linux. But increasingly, I can't justify Linux file servers. I've written some cron scripts that take and release lvm snapshots on a schedule, but compared to the Volume Shadow Copy of NTFS that Microsoft released in 2003, it's just cumbersome and basic. We're approaching 8 years without a comparable response. I'm just rather shocked when thinking about it. _______________________________________________ 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/
