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Subject: Re: UFS2 snapshots - comments requested
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On Wed, 8 Mar 2006, John Kozubik wrote:

> My questions:
>
> - is this instability (circa 6.0) acknowledged ?
>
> - is there a large, known problem that, when fixed, will cause all of
> these little problems to go away, or should I keep submitting PRs when I
> verify misc. problems ?
>
> - can any visibility be offered as to the possible future viability of
> UFS2 snapshots in 6.0 ?


A quick follow-up - I forgot the most important question:

- should these problems with UFS2 snapshots only concern me as regards
uptime, or should I be concerned about data integrity as well ?

Again, thanks.