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On 12/04/06 06:11, Ivan Voras wrote:
> Jeremie Le Hen wrote:
> 
>> However, it supports block-level snapshots which is not possible on
>> FreeBSD currently AFAIK.
> 
>> Is there any work in this area at the moment ?
> 
> This is one of the things that my old (now defunct and probably
> unusable) gjournal could do, but I'm having difficulty finding the time
> to do it again... maybe next SoC or something.
> 


I've been thinking a bit about this for a while.  It would be a great 
tool to have, certainly.   Does anyone have any particular 
implementation ideas?

Eric


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