Hello, On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 07:22:28AM +0100, olafbuddenha...@gmx.net wrote: > On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 03:38:08PM +0300, Sergiu Ivanov wrote: > > > I'd like to have a snapshotting filesystem at my box, because having > > experienced the possibility to roll anything back in git, I'd be happy > > to be able to do so with the non-git-managed files :-) > > Well, btrfs is not quite ready yet for production use AFAIK; but it > won't take too long I think.
Yeah, I'm keeping an eye on it and I guess I'll be trying it out soon. > However, you don't really need a snapshotting filesystem for that. While > technically less elegant and efficient, other methods for doing regular > snapshots (AKA backups) existed for ages... That's, of course, true :-) I do backups of sensitive information, but the reason I want a snapshotting filesystem for is automated decision when to do the backup. I often think about doing a backup after having screwed things up. OTOH, a snapshotting filesystem is not exactly about backups IMHO. When I do a backup, I aim at keeping two copies of information so that I can always restore it on failure. When I do a filesystem snapshot, I do it to be able to revert things from some future state. Although technically these are almost the same, I can see significant conceptual difference. Regards, scolobb
