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Date:      Fri, 3 Dec 2010 15:00:45 -0600
From:      Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org>
To:        Peter Ankerst?l <peter@pean.org>
Cc:        freebsd-fs@freebsd.org, Bartosz Stec <admin@obsysa.net>
Subject:   Re: zfs snapshots.
Message-ID:  <20101203210045.GB7429@lor.one-eyed-alien.net>
In-Reply-To: <E629A6C6-2784-41B5-9979-A407464C52F0@pean.org>
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On Fri, Dec 03, 2010 at 08:51:02PM +0100, Peter Ankerst?l wrote:
>=20
>=20
> > On 2010-12-03 20:40, Peter Ankerst?l wrote:
> >> Is there a way to take a snapshot without using space from the parent =
filesystem?
> >>=20
> > 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).
>
> Yes, this is correct. But it still uses up 10MB from the parent
> filesystem. This is a problem if you use both snapshots and quotas.
> (and use alot of snapshots)

You many be able to use the refquota attribute instead of quota unless
you're trying to place quotas on filesystem hiearchies.

-- Brooks

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