[Gluster-users] ZFS and Snapshots

[Rajesh Joseph]

----- 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
> 
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> 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.

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> 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