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List:       linux-ha-dev
Subject:    Re: [Linux-ha-dev] Re: GFS with MD/LVM (Was: Using RAID1 SCSI disks
From:       Alan Robertson <alanr () unix ! sh>
Date:       2002-11-28 17:22:35
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Brian Jackson wrote:


> I don't know that much about the snapshot feature of LVM/EVMS. Does it 
> require some sort of fs support?


It likes to have minimal support - to flush blocks to disk.  This isn't 
*essential*, but it makes a much higher quality snapshot.  Otherwise the 
filesystem snapshot looks that from a crash versus that of a clean unmount.

-- 
     Alan Robertson <alanr@unix.sh>

"Openness is the foundation and preservative of friendship....  Let me claim 
from you at all times your undisguised opinions." - William Wilberforce


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