On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 4:47 PM, Ira Abramov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> http://zumastor.org/ <- any comments? > LVM2 snapshots and a wrapper script? > > How would you emulate snapshots of a home directory partition? is there > anoher project I should look for? I found lvm snapshot-for-mysql-backup > automation scripts, but no references to people using it like on a Filer > (with hourly0, 1, 2 and so on) on Google. > > an LVM2 script on a cronjob is the easiest thing ever, but I want to > know I'm not reinventing the wheel here, or if anyone knows of caveats > or alternatives before I go there. > > Thanks, > Ira. > I didn't use LVM for a long time ... however, i tried using it as a replacment for somthing like netapp, and encontered server freezes. few years later i tried again, thinking it must be stable by now, and again server freezes. The freezes didn't come that often, but i disabled the snapshots in the end because of it ... i don't know the status right now, but as i see in http://zumastor.org/ : you need to patch the kernel to solve deadlock issues. so my main concern is stability ... (is it stable with those patches ?) cheers, erez. > -- > Burning up for your love > Ira Abramov > http://ira.abramov.org/email/ > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
