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Re: [Xen-users] restoring files to guest domains

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Subject: Re: [Xen-users] restoring files to guest domains
From: Jared <list-xen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:18:04 -0600
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On 03/06/08 20:13, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
Because you can *VERY QUICKLY* make a snapshot, even of a live environment, and then do more painful or slower options on that snapshot while the live fileystem is doing whatever it needs to do. This includes making tape backups, analyzing the data of a database without having to lock it while doing your own work and having it change under you, etc.

Oh, I fully understand that part (the 'read' part). That's exactly what attracted me to this solution to begin with. It's the 'write' part that didn't really make a whole lot of sense, but that's apparently just because I'm not trying to use it as it's meant to be used.

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Jared

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