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Hi all,<br>
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Volume snapshot feature snapshots a volume by snapshotting
individual bricks, that are available, using the lvm-snapshot
technology. As part of using lvm-snapshot, the design requires
bricks to be free from modifications. Snapshot feature needs a
mechanism in GlusterFS, where file operations such as write, mkdir,
mkdnod, unlink, truncate etc, that modify the underlying file
system, are ‘quiesced’ until the snapshot of the brick is taken.<br>
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This mechanism should have the following properties:<br>
• Allow file operations that do not modify the underlying file
system.<br>
• Should keep the ‘quiescing’ transparent to the applications.<br>
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This is where the server-side quiescing of file operations comes
into picture. So the feature page[1] for Server side Quiesce is
created in the gluster.org. Please review the document & design
of the feature and provide your comments/suggestions/critics.<br>
<br>
[1] <a
href="http://www.gluster.org/community/documentation/index.php/Features/Server-side_Quiesce_feature">http://www.gluster.org/community/documentation/index.php/Features/Server-side_Quiesce_feature</a><br>
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Thanks<br>
Varun Shastry<br>
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<a
href="http://www.gluster.org/community/documentation/index.php/Features/Server-side_Quiesce_feature"></a>
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