Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2006 11:08:51 -0700 From: Paul Lathrop <plathrop@squaretrade.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Snapshot performance Message-ID: <44F87733.2020405@squaretrade.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Hi all, We're working on deploying a new mail server on FreeBSD 6.1-STABLE. One of the major selling points was the ability to take filesystem snapshots in order to make backups from a consistent filesystem on such a high-traffic system. Unfortunately, when I take a snapshot, performance slows to a crawl - to the point where the system stops responding to network requests (ping, SMTP, etc.). Also, the snapshot takes 10-15 minutes to complete. Is this a typical situation? Will I need to schedule downtime for backups in spite of this nifty new feature? Am I doing something wrong? Could use some advice. Regards, Paul Lathrop Systems Administrator SquareTrade, Inc. [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFE+Hc3X6ecHn3cW4kRAn62AJ9gO6FbNwrJXVFAFFyKKSQRJTLCXQCdF3C0 yuTmmfoQB0iEiyPAmSOXJ/g= =RUwp -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----home | help
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