From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 22 13:11:12 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 636DE16A421 for ; Tue, 22 May 2007 13:11:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberto@keltia.freenix.fr) Received: from keltia.freenix.fr (keltia.freenix.org [82.230.37.243]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1992F13C458 for ; Tue, 22 May 2007 13:11:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberto@keltia.freenix.fr) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by keltia.freenix.fr (Postfix/TLS) with ESMTP id 8703339490 for ; Tue, 22 May 2007 15:11:10 +0200 (CEST) Received: from keltia.freenix.fr ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (keltia.freenix.fr [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 73394-14 for ; Tue, 22 May 2007 15:11:08 +0200 (CEST) Received: by keltia.freenix.fr (Postfix/TLS, from userid 101) id 9069739415; Tue, 22 May 2007 15:11:08 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 15:11:08 +0200 From: Ollivier Robert To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20070522131107.GA73155@keltia.freenix.fr> References: <475187.33232.qm@web63006.mail.re1.yahoo.com> <86r6p9xf2c.fsf@dwp.des.no> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <86r6p9xf2c.fsf@dwp.des.no> X-Operating-System: MacOS X / Macbook Pro - FreeBSD 6.2 / Dell D820 SMP User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.15 (2007-04-06) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at keltia.freenix.fr Subject: Re: VERY frustrated with FreeBSD/UFS stability - please help or comment... X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 13:11:12 -0000 According to Dag-Erling Smørgrav: > client2% rsync --archive --delete /vol server:/backup/client2 > server% for vol in /backup/* ; do mksnap_ffs $vol $vol/.snap/`date` ; done My experience with the sysutils/freebsd-snapshot, which enable automatic snapshot creation (à la NetApp) is that after a few created snapshots, the whole system just locks up. This was in 6.0-6.1 days, maybe 6.2 has improved but they seem very fragile :( I am eagerly waiting for ZFS. -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr Darwin sidhe.keltia.net Kernel Version 8.9.1: Thu Feb 22 20:55:00 PST 2007 i386