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Logical vs. Physical File System Backup

Norman C. Hutchinson
Computer Science Department
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6T 1Z4
hutchinson@cs.ubc.ca, https://www.cs.ubc.ca/spider/norm

Stephen Manley, Mike Federwisch, Guy Harris
Dave Hitz, Steven Kleiman, Sean O'Malley
Network Appliance, Inc.
2770 San Tomas Expressway
Santa Clara, CA 95051
{stephen,mikef,guy,hitz,srk,sean}@netapp.com, https://www.netapp.com

• Abstract
• Introduction
• WAFL - Write Anywhere File Layout
  • The Snapshot Facility
  • Consistency Points and NVRAM
• Logical Backup
• Physical Backup
  • WAFL Image Dump
• Performance
  • Basic Backup / Restore
  • Backup and Restore to Multiple Tapes
  • Summary
• The Future
• Conclusion
• Bibliography