Hello Jeremy,

Monday, October 23, 2006, 5:04:09 PM, you wrote:

JT> Hello,

>> Shrinking the vdevs requires moving data.  Once you move data, you've
>> got to either invalidate the snapshots or update them.  I think that
>> will be one of the more difficult parts.


JT> Updating snapshots would be non-trivial, but doable. Perhaps some sort
JT> of reverse mapping or brute force search to relate snapshots to
JT> blocks.

IMHO ability to shrink/grow pools even if restricted so no snapshots
and clones can be present in a pool during shrinking/growing would
still be a great feature.

-- 
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 Robert                            mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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