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Re: [Xen-users] RE: Tutorial : Debian, Xen and CLUSTER / GFS Support

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  • From: Molle Bestefich <molle.bestefich@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 19:39:14 +0100
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PAINCHAUD Christophe wrote:
>         The LVM solution is also interesting for backups : you can do a
> snapshot of a volume and then make a backup of it, then destroy the
> snapshot. It doesn't require to stop the VM using the volume.

In theory.  In practice, the snapshot target is horribly unstable and
will nuke your data sooner rather than later :-).

Been there just last week.

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