From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF4EF13838B for ; Wed, 24 Sep 2014 18:38:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CD9E2E08C9; Wed, 24 Sep 2014 18:37:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-vc0-f177.google.com (mail-vc0-f177.google.com [209.85.220.177]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 91ADFE08A2 for ; Wed, 24 Sep 2014 18:37:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-vc0-f177.google.com with SMTP id im17so6771313vcb.22 for ; Wed, 24 Sep 2014 11:37:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=gq5vHON+5k2PYuhawX0KfJ13ExFfbTAcNALexrpExxk=; b=rtmiD2ge+jDDRbqzfwKoIXjk5VGsB+xNcuSNMM/mb2+Dyqu/wZmjsBlcjCAUjLlJ0Q /PHKfvt/C6WAEoP5xsdgTElee8o145/cBa400gNFx46dZlsqBUL1HySg6nWz4nlmC/Z4 WQZE5xl0a9yHfQG2KaeAWcyT3CQRwOtrtOsRYCQiiGpkGVCFCzUDvFd0+p5Do3sMTM+p qEMUBwLSocnYAWCeKZGgyM7vQHdYWx1QMnbs05VZxwX3H9D5NZWb+jrPn0MJO8LE7loh VqPdR2kQv+gfYz7Wwcoqx7I6zMi5Xyt+InxYI7a+qOKVLN8D60wRPOjN0wKFyWqYqO+y c2Zw== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.52.4.105 with SMTP id j9mr6129686vdj.17.1411583872482; Wed, 24 Sep 2014 11:37:52 -0700 (PDT) Sender: freemanrich@gmail.com Received: by 10.52.8.229 with HTTP; Wed, 24 Sep 2014 11:37:52 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 14:37:52 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: z1Z6j4PN2y_drHAskpDp2krHLcY Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] snapper (btrfs) From: Rich Freeman To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: 2c2ed1b0-d325-4f23-b5db-6dad44c5bb82 X-Archives-Hash: b75b95e7cb86866695cf213f24a6f936 On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 11:07 AM, James wrote: > > Anyone used "snapper" for btrfs management? > If os, do you like "snapper" for btrfs management? > > If so, did you use the portage "snapper" or an overlay? > I use snapper from portage. Snapper itself works just fine. I've found that trying to integrate it into portage (before/after snapshots on every emerge) is just way too much overhead (it goes fast, but you end up with a bazillion snapshots). Also, I've had deadlock problems with deleting multiple snapshots at once, which is certainly a kernel problem. So, right now I'm using snapper to manage snapshots but I do not use time/event-based snapshots at all - I just create them when needed and clean them up manually, and carefully. -- Rich