Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS snapshot GUI

2007-11-22 Thread Tim Foster
hi there, On Thu, 2007-11-22 at 00:53 -0800, Ross wrote: > It should be possible to restore individual files rather than rolling > back the snapshot and I guess that's what was meant here. I think the > terminology in the original post may not be too clear. Yep, I agree. > However, my impressi

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS snapshot GUI

2007-11-22 Thread Russell Aspinwall
Hi, In respect of snapshots :- a) should the snapshot process it self be modified to allow restoring of individual files via zfs rollback b) should there be a zfs rollfile to selectively restore files from a snapshot c) should there be a zfs purge which would allow file(s) to be removed fro

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS snapshot GUI

2007-11-22 Thread Ross
Very good points Rang, I'm going to add to them with a few of my own. It should be possible to restore individual files rather than rolling back the snapshot and I guess that's what was meant here. I think the terminology in the original post may not be too clear. However, my impression readin

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS snapshot GUI

2007-11-20 Thread Anton B. Rang
How does the ability to set a snapshot schedule for a particular *file* or *folder* interact with the fact that ZFS snapshots are on a per-filesystem basis? This seems a poor fit. If I choose to snapshot my "Important Documents" folder every 5 minutes, that's implicitly creating snapshots of m