RE: [uml-user] Ubd driver in normal kernel...

[Richard R. <ri...@ye...>]

> I think what you want is a covered by LVM snapshots:
> 
>
http://www.sistina.com/lvm_howtos/lvm_howto/Taking_a_backup_using_sna.ht
ml
> 
> The scenario you mention isn't quite the same as that in the HOWTO but
> you can use it in a similar way by making a snapshot of the /home
> filesystem each evening and mounting that as a backup.

Nice. I was completely unaware of the snapshot facility of LVM (and
indeed, unaware that LVM was usable on Linux)...

Thanks... How would this kind of thing compare against a generic COW
driver, for things like performance, stability, and likelyhood of being
usable shortly?

rr

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