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README: LVM as second way to enable thin cloning
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**TL;DR:** you need:
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- any machine with a separate disk that is big enough to store a single copy of your database,
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- Linux with Docker and ZFS,
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- Linux with Docker,
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- ZFS to enable thin cloning (the default option; also, LVM is supported as an alternative),
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- initial copy of your Postgres database.
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supported for RDS, until AWS guys decide to allow replication connections),
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- upon request, Database Lab will do "thin cloning" of PGDATA, providing fully independent writable
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Postgres clones to users;
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- currently, the only technology supported for thin cloning is ZFS,
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so [ZFS on Linux](https://zfsonlinux.org/) needs to be installed on the machine,
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- however, it is easy to extend and add, say, LVM or Ceph - please write us if you
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need it; also, contributions are highly welcome).
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- currently, two technologies are supported for thin cloning:
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- ZFS: [ZFS on Linux](https://zfsonlinux.org/) needs to be installed on the machine,
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- LVM: with [LVM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_Volume_Manager_(Linux)), all thin clones will be based on the latest version of the database (with ZFS, you can have multiple snapshots prepared and choose which one to use when requesting a new thin clone).
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- it is easy to extend and add, Ceph - please contact us if you need it;
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- comments, bug reports, and contributions are highly welcome.
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## Server installation and setup

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