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On 2010-12-03 20:40, Peter Ankerstål wrote:
> Is there a way to take a snapshot without using space from the parent filesystem?
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> Peter Ankerstål
> peter@pean.org
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AFAIK snapshot doesn't take any space as long as filesystem hasn't 
changed from the time when snapshot was taken.
For instance - If you take snapshot on filesystem and after that, 10MB 
file is deleted, snapshot is using only 10MB space from (because it's 
only difference between snapshot and actual filesystem).

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Bartosz Stec