<html> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered)"> <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> Hi, I have a question regarding LVM snapshots to provide multiple snapshots of a directory during a day/week. Having looked around, it seems an ideal solution to a problem I am looking at, but I am concerned about performance. Looking at <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/snapshots_backup.html" title="blocked::http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/snapshots_backup.html">http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/snapshots_backup.html</a> it seems to indicate that is the snapshot will be a performance issue until its released. I don’t think I fully understand why ? Is it so it can rollback the writes to get to the original snapshot ? The reason I ask is that on something like a netapp, you have the same functionality without the performance penalty implied in the snapshot discussion. If I want to have multiple snapshots through the day/week. Is using LVM snapshots alone a good solution is should some rsync solution be used as well to avoid the performance hit ? Or can LVM on its own provide a solution without a performance hit ? Thanks for any clarification. Apologies if this is the incorrect forum for this, but I am specifically concerned about LVM implementation as in Nahant. -Bob </div> <HR> The information contained in this e-mail and in any attachments is confidential and is designated solely for the attention of the intended recipient(s). If you are not an intended recipient, you must not use, disclose, copy, distribute or retain this e-mail or any part thereof. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete all copies of this e-mail from your computer system(s). Please direct any additional queries to: communications@s3group.com. Thank You. <HR> </body> </html>