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Re: [Xen-users] About Snapshots

from [Nicholas W]

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To:	Boris Quiroz <boris.quiroz@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject:	Re: [Xen-users] About Snapshots
From:	Nicholas W <4407@xxxxxxxx>
Date:	Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:24:39 +0200
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You could try this approach:

http://www.infohit.net/blog/post/using-lvm2-snapshots-to-provide-rollback-functionality-for-xen.html

Makes snapshots quite quick.

Regards,


On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 4:51 PM, Boris Quiroz <boris.quiroz@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> I'm not sure about how snapshots works on Xen. For example, if I snapshot a
> DomU with 10GB HD will take, for example, 30 seconds. But, if I snapshot a
> DomU with a 100GB HD will take longer (I guess).
>
> So, I wanna know how the snapshot works on xen. What if I want to move a
> snapshotted with a 100GB HD from a Dom0 to another Dom0? I've to move a
> 100GB file?
>
> Any documentation about it?
>
> Thanks.
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