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Then another filesystem with snapshot support. My point is to use utilities that do one thing, and compose well.
by nextos 8y ago
Then another filesystem with snapshot support.
My point is to use utilities that do one thing, and compose well.
- newnewpdro 8y agoOk, but this approach is pushing the complexity down the stack into the kernel/filesystem. And a general-purpose performance-oriented snapshotting filesystem is going to be making a lot of compromises that aren't really ideally suited to backup duties. Plan9's Venti/Fossil immediately come to mind as an example of simplicity in this vein.