> Thanks Darren, but the snapshot taken at 4 would be the snapshot on
> the storage and not on the host

I'm not sure what the difference is.  I was discussing this in the
context of ZFS, so all the snapshots I meant were ZFS/host snapshots.

> so the storage system wouldnt really
> have to bother about flushing the host FS or about consistency...which
> would be more a function of the host FS or app?.

I don't really understand what you mean there.  Do you have a specific
example or situation that you're thinking of?

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