Backing up sparse files ... VM's and TrueCrypt ... etc

[tmetro-blu-5a1Jt6qxUNc at public.gmane.org (Tom Metro)]

jay-R5TnC2l8y5lBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org wrote:
> This is just one of the reasons I wish they could work out the legal
> issues between zfs and linux.  The latest version of zfs has block
> level dedupe, both in the fs and the backup, and both can be
> configured independently.

What about Btrfs[1], the approximate equivalent to ZFS that is Linux 
native? Unlike the established ZFS, were the Linux challenges are 
porting and licensing, Btrfs is far more experimental, so my guess is 
that they haven't gotten to matters like block-level replication over a 
network.

  -Tom

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Btrfs

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