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  • verb Present participle of snapshot.

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  • I created the snapshot file on the same filesystem I was snapshotting, which is only allowed for the ffs filesystem due to needing special locking; but it can snapshot any filesystem if I put the snapshot log on a different filesystem.

    Snell-Pym » Block device snapshots in NetBSD 2008

  • Other tricks include "thin provisioning," in which data storage capacity is shuffled back and forth between software applications as needed, and "snapshotting," in which data is automatically backed up as often as every few minutes during the workday, he said.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2010

  • Other tricks include "thin provisioning," in which data storage capacity is shuffled back and forth between software applications as needed, and "snapshotting," in which data is automatically backed up as often as every few minutes during the workday, he said.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2010

  • Other tricks include "thin provisioning," in which data storage capacity is shuffled back and forth between software applications as needed, and "snapshotting," in which data is automatically backed up as often as every few minutes during the workday, he said.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2010

  • Unlike other virtualization products that are built on closed proprietary systems, the open storage APIs in XenServer allow customers to access and control advanced functions such as snapshotting, cloning, replication, de-duplication and provisioning in their existing storage systems from vendors such as EqualLogic and NetApp directly from within the XenServer management console.

    VMblog.com - Virtualization Technology News and Information for Everyone 2008

  • Unlike other virtualization products that are built on closed proprietary systems, the open storage APIs in XenServer allow customers to access and control advanced functions such as snapshotting, cloning, replication, de-duplication and provisioning in their existing storage systems from vendors such as EqualLogic and NetApp directly from within the XenServer management console.

    WebWire | Recent Headlines 2008

  • Have you considered using a userland FUSE implementation of ZFS or other snapshotting FS with storage onto remote servers?

    Snell-Pym » Ugarit Roadmap 2010

  • Right now Ugarit focusses on providing a backup service, by snapshotting file systems.

    Snell-Pym » Ugarit Roadmap 2010

  • Or just compress the entire cache file and upload it when closing the connection, and download it when starting a connection, as long as no two cache-using machines are snapshotting at the same time...

    Snell-Pym » Backup system progress update 2009

  • Block-level snapshotting is much easier to validate, which is nice for something trusted with our MP3 stashes.

    Snell-Pym » Block device snapshots in NetBSD 2008

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