re[2]: some XFS questions

[Greg Freemyer <freemyer@NorcrossGroup.com>]

 >>  > 5. is there any plan to support "snapshot" feature
 >>  > in XFS in the near future or any existing one?
 >>  > I actually have not tested XFS myself yet but very
 >>  > interested
 >>  > in using snapshot on it.

 >>  http://evms.sourceforge.net

 >>  I am using EVMS with XFS and the snapshots are very easy to use.
 >>  You just have to apply 1 extra xfs-vfs-lock patch when installing
 >>  EVMS into your kernel source tree, then it can be used easily by the
 >>  GUI or command line tools.

EVMS is going through some pretty radical restructuring right now.

If you are not already using it, I would wait a few months for it to settle down.

FYI:
With the new structure, Device Mapper (dm) from Sistina is providing the kernel APIs and a lot of functionality.  Then EVMS will be providing dm plug-ins for any unique kernel features they need.

The user land parts of EVMS are not being drastically changed, except now they talk to dm (and md??) instead of talking to a dedicated EVMS kernel api.

Greg Freemyer