[Gluster-users] ZFS and Snapshots

[Prakash Madiraju]

Jason,

Sure. That will definitely help . I am out on vacation currently. I should
be back next week and will provide you the patch details.

Thanks
Prakash


On Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 12:33 AM, Kiebzak, Jason M. <
jk3149 at cumc.columbia.edu> wrote:

>  I am just checking in on Gluster snapshotting ontop of ZFS. Do you need
> any body to test it out?
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jason
>
>
>
> *From:* Prakash Madiraju [mailto:prakashm at fractalio.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 26, 2014 1:40 AM
> *To:* Rajesh Joseph
> *Cc:* Kiebzak, Jason M.; gluster-users at gluster.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Gluster-users] ZFS and Snapshots
>
>
>
> Re-sending the mail as I was not part of gluster-users mailing list
> earlier..
>
>
> I am adding the zfs snapshot functionality to the current gluster snapshot
> code to support both the LVM and ZFS snapshots and glusterfs based on the
> file system type ( zfs or non-zfs) will take the appropriate snapshot. And
> I am working on gluster 3.6 code and should be complete in a week or two.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 10:26 AM, Rajesh Joseph <rjoseph at redhat.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jason M. Kiebzak" <jk3149 at cumc.columbia.edu>
> > To: "gluster-users at gluster.org" <gluster-users at gluster.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2014 2:17:28 AM
> > Subject: [Gluster-users] ZFS and Snapshots
> >
> >
> >
> > I’m running ZFS . It appears that Gluster Snapshots require LVM. I’ve
> spent
> > the last hour googling this, and it doesn’t seem like the two can be
> mixed –
> > that is Gluster Snapshots and ZFS.
> >
>
> Yes, the current Gluster snapshot implementation is based on LVM.
>
> >
> >
> > Has anyone attempted to write a wrapper for ZFS to mimic LVM, and thus
> fool
> > gluster into thinking that LVM is installed?
> >
>
> One of our community member, Prakash (CCed),  is currently working on to
> provide
> snapshot support for ZFS. He can provide you more information about the
> same.
>
> Best Regards,
> Rajesh
>
>
>
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