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Bob Bishop wrote:

>> Does anybody have free time and skills to give a hand? Please see:
>> http://forum.r1soft.com/showpost.php?p=3414&postcount=9
> 
> Should be possible to do this with a geom(4) class?
> 

I am not saying it is impossible. They just need somebody to put them to 
right track I guess. I personally cant do that. It would be nice if 
somebody who has knowledge in this area contacts r1soft. At the very 
least r1soft seems to be willing to communicate on this issue.

Continuous backups as well as bare-metal-restore seem to be a key 
feature for many hosters. FreeBSD is loosing users because of this issue.

Thanks,
Evren