Re: [PATCH] pg_upgrade: support for btrfs copy-on-write clones

From: Larry Rosenman <ler(at)lerctr(dot)org>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pg_upgrade: support for btrfs copy-on-write clones
Date: 2013-10-02 22:35:02
Message-ID: 75c5ff18e40a44d284bea9174a9a963d@webmail.lerctr.org
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On 2013-10-02 17:32, Josh Berkus wrote:
>> No fundamental reason; I'm hoping ZFS will be supported in addition to
>> btrfs, but I don't have any systems with ZFS filesystems at the moment
>> so I haven't been able to test it or find out the mechanisms ZFS uses
>> for cloning. On btrfs cloning is implemented with a custom
>> btrfs-specific ioctl, ZFS probably has something similar which would
>> be
>> pretty easy to add on top of this patch.
>
> Would you like a VM with ZFS on it? I'm pretty sure I can supply one.
>
> --
> Josh Berkus
> PostgreSQL Experts Inc.
> http://pgexperts.com
I can also supply SSH access to a FreeBSD 10 system that is totally ZFS.

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