On 8/30/05, Brian McCann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all...I'm having a problem using snapshots...which I discovered > when I tried a system backup using dump. I've got a 283Gb partition, > and the system was trying to create the snapshot for > 12 hours. I'm > on 5.4-RELEASE. Should this be taking this long? My gut tells me > no...cause it'd be foolish if it did. Any ideas/suggestions? >
No, it shouldn't. It appears that there is some problem with the snapshot process on large filesystems in 5.4-RELEASE and perhaps others, but I don't know how aggressively it is being investigated, or whether a solution has already been found. There have been several posts about this in the past month or two, if you search the archives you might find better information about it. I remember there was conjecture about the possible cause (e.g. insufficient temporary storage space for the inode list), but I don't remember if this led to a workable solution. - Bob _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
