Here is the subject from my post on 2/24/03:
Re: [GENERAL] A few questions to real pgsql gurus
--On Friday, March 14, 2003 17:46:24 +0000 Matt Clark <matt@ymogen.net>
wrote:
> A search for 'netapp' or 'lvm' doesn't seem to throw anything relevant up
> on any of the lists, and I can't *see* any likely threads in this group
> for Jan, Feb or March. I'm probably just being blind - can anyone recall
> the Subject: of the thread?
>
> Cheers
>
> Matt
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us]
>> Sent: 14 March 2003 17:17
>> To: Matt Clark
>> Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
>> Subject: Re: [ADMIN] LVM snapshots
>>
>>
>> "Matt Clark" <matt@ymogen.net> writes:
>> > Has anyone tried taking an LVM snapshot of a running DB? And then
>> > reverting to the snapshot? I presume one would need to take a low
>> > level backup (i.e. using dd, not tar or cp) of the snapshot to
>> > preserve the precise FS layout, but are there any other issues?
>>
>> This was discussed only a couple weeks ago (in the context of a similar
>> facility in NetApp servers, but I believe LVM was mentioned). See the
>> archives.
>>
>> regards, tom lane
>>
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