Re: [linux-lvm] Keep snapshots active for 24 hours?

[Petro <petro auctionwatch com>]

On Sun, Dec 16, 2001 at 04:07:31PM -0600, Kirby C. Bohling wrote:
> 	It would be nice to essentially get a chance to install software in 
> 	a controlled manner and once your sure it is working then roll it forward. 

    There is. They are called "testing machines". 

    I interviewed at a firm that traded on a financial market in Chicago
    many years ago, and on every traders desk there were 3 machines. Two
    production machines running identical software more or less in
    parallel, and a third "testing" machine that the did the same stuff,
    only with new versions of the software. 

    Software spent 6 months in that "testing" environment before being
    rolled live. 

    While I think LVM is a really neat hammer, not everthing is a nail. 

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