[linux-lvm] Snapshot limit?

[Fred van Zwieten]

I agree, but that doesn't answer my questions ;-)

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On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 3:15 PM, Mike Snitzer <snitzer at redhat.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 23 2012 at  5:00am -0400,
> Fred van Zwieten <fvzwieten at vxcompany.com> wrote:
>
> > O, I forgot: I am using LVM2 on RHEL 6.3. That is LVM2 version 2.02.87.
> >
> > Met vriendelijke groeten,
> > *
> > Fred van Zwieten
> > *
> > *Enterprise Open Source Services*
> > *
> > Consultant*
> > *(vrijdags afwezig)*
> >
> > *VX Company IT Services B.V.*
> > *T* (035) 539 09 50 mobiel (06) 41 68 28 48
> > *F* (035) 539 09 08
> > *E* fvzwieten at vxcompany.com
> > *I*  www.vxcompany.com
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 10:52 AM, Fred van Zwieten
> > <fvzwieten at vxcompany.com>wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I would like to know is there is a limit on the amount of snapshots one
> > > can take from a single LV.
> > >
> > > I have a single LV with a very low changerate, but I have a retention
> > > requirement of about 150 readonly snapshots for it. Is it is at all
> > > possible, will there be a performance hit?
> > >
> > > Fred
> > > **
>
> You definitely want to make use of the snapshots provided via the new
> thinp target (NOTE: thinp is still tech preview in RHEL6.3).
>
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