From: Amir Goldstein Subject: [LSF/FS TOPIC] Ext4 snapshots status update Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 00:33:39 +0200 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: linux-fsdevel , Ext4 Developers List , Theodore Tso To: lsf-pc@lists.linuxfoundation.org Return-path: Received: from mail-qy0-f174.google.com ([209.85.216.174]:62367 "EHLO mail-qy0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754099Ab1BCWdj (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Feb 2011 17:33:39 -0500 Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi, I have been working on porting Next3 snapshots to Ext4 with a group of 4 CS students. This is where it all happens: https://github.com/amir73il/ext4-snapshots Ext4 snapshots prototype is already working! Would you like to see a demo? I would like to present the progress of our work and discuss the remaining issues and how they should be best addressed. Additionally, I would like to discuss the need for a unified snapshots API that would serve both Ext4 and Btrfs. This could be useful for someone that wants to implement a generic snapshots management system. Amir.