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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: NAS Backup solution?
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2025 01:02:52 -0000 (UTC)
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On Thu, 26 Jun 2025 18:22:12 +0200, Deloptes wrote:

> Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> 
>> What happens if the file change is not complete when the snapshot is
>> taken?
> 
> The purpose of snapshot is exactly to prevent this situation. Read about
> LVM snapshots.

But the snapshotting system has no idea what updates applications might be 
in the progress of doing to their data files.