Ross Smith wrote: > Hi Darren, > > That's storing a dump of a snapshot on external media, but files > within it are not directly accessible. The work Tim et all are doing > is actually putting a live ZFS filesystem on external media and > sending snapshots to it. >
Cognitive disconnect, again. Snapshots do not contain files, they contain changed blocks. > A live ZFS filesystem is far more useful (and reliable) than a dump, > and having the ability to restore individual files from that would be > even better. > > It still doesn't help the OP, but I think that's what he was after. > Snapshots are not replacements for traditional backup/restore features. If you need the latter, use what is currently available on the market. -- richard > Ross > > > > On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 9:55 AM, Darren J Moffat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Ross wrote: >> >>> Ok, I see where you're coming from now, but what you're talking about >>> isn't zfs send / receive. If I'm interpreting correctly, you're talking >>> about a couple of features, neither of which is in ZFS yet, and I'd need the >>> input of more technical people to know if they are possible. >>> >>> 1. The ability to restore individual files from a snapshot, in the same >>> way an entire snapshot is restored - simply using the blocks that are >>> already stored. >>> >>> 2. The ability to store (and restore from) snapshots on external media. >>> >> What makes you say this doesn't work ? Exactly what do you mean here >> because this will work: >> >> $ zfs send [EMAIL PROTECTED] | dd of=/dev/tape >> >> Sure it might not be useful and I don't think that is what you mean here so >> can you expand on "sotre snapshots on external media. >> >> -- >> Darren J Moffat >> >> > _______________________________________________ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss > _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
