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

From: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pg_upgrade: support for btrfs copy-on-write clones
Date: 2013-10-02 22:32:11
Message-ID: 524C9EEB.4020606@agliodbs.com
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> 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.

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Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL Experts Inc.
http://pgexperts.com

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