3 ms·
No, they work the opposite way using copy-on-write.
by HumanOstrich 1y ago
No, they work the opposite way using copy-on-write.
- wmf 1y ago"For files that changed or were deleted: move them into a new delta folder. For new/changed files: copy them into the latest snapshot folder." is just redneck copy-on-write. It's the same result but less efficient under the hood.
- datastack 1y agoNice to realize that this boils down to copy on write. Makes it easier to explain.
- sandreas 1y agoIs there a reason NOT to use ZFS or BTRFS? I mean the idea sounds cool but what are you missing? ZFS even works on Windows these days and with tools like zrepl you can configure time based snapshotting, auto-sync and auto-cleanup