From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 15 00:01:11 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 909D716A4CE for ; Thu, 15 Apr 2004 00:01:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 495CF43D1D for ; Thu, 15 Apr 2004 00:01:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) i3F715bA040449 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 15 Apr 2004 08:01:05 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)id i3F714e4040448; Thu, 15 Apr 2004 08:01:04 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 08:01:04 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: Darren Henderson Message-ID: <20040415070104.GB40193@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Darren Henderson , freebsd-chat@freebsd.org References: <20040414203743.E77439@zoraida.natserv.net> <200404150318.57862.nils@tisys.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="eJnRUKwClWJh1Khz" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version devel-20040407, clamav-milter version 0.70g cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Shadow filesystems [was Re: Pair donates 20,000 to Poul-Henning Kamp??] X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 07:01:11 -0000 --eJnRUKwClWJh1Khz Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Apr 14, 2004 at 10:43:47PM -0400, Darren Henderson wrote: > They have some "shadow drive" functionality that I would love to see > folded back into FreeBSD. Hmmm... that's a coincidence. Is this the same sort of thing as the 'Shadow Drive' function under Windows 2003? That is, a system that keeps backup copies of files etc. over time, so if you happen to accidentally delete something you shouldn't have, you can resurrect it without having to go running to your Sys-admin to beg them to get it back from the backup tapes. Sounds conceptually like a slightly more elaborate version the old VMS file versioning thing, or the GNU numbered backup trick you can do with emacs etc. I was talking with one of the IT people at a company I'm doing some work for and he was waxing lyrical about having this in a new SBS 2003 system he'll be bringing on-line soon. First I'd ever heard of such a thing. --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --eJnRUKwClWJh1Khz Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAfjMwdtESqEQa7a0RAreYAJ950JEgI2D05PYn8gwx54c7wv/2tQCfU3WR MB+A+/vmSLtiEWsXJK+8JdQ= =9zEM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --eJnRUKwClWJh1Khz--