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Date:      Fri, 3 Mar 2000 14:58:46 -0600 (CST)
From:      David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com>
To:        Michael Bacarella <mbac@nyct.net>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Copy-on-write filesystem
Message-ID:  <Pine.NEB.3.96.1000303145335.55794B-100000@shell-1.enteract.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10003031338080.1135-100000@bsd1.nyct.net>

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On Fri, 3 Mar 2000, Michael Bacarella wrote:

> 
> 
> Upon reading of Microsoft's fabulous innovations in the filesystem arena,
> I started playing with some ideas of my own (not to be confused with
> ORIGINAL ideas)
> 
> Can someone tell me why copy-on-write filesystems would be bad?

It wouldn't be.  This is how NetApp do their .snapshot direcotries.  I think
they have some white papers on it on their website.  It's very handy.


David



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