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+Feature
+-------
+
+Clone of a Snapshot
+
+Summary
+-------
+
+GlusterFS volume snapshot provides point-in-time copy of a GlusterFS
+volume. When we take a volume snapshot, the newly created snap volume is
+a read only volume.
+
+By this feature, this snap volume can be later 'cloned' to create a new
+regular volume which contains the same contents of snapshot bricks. This
+is a space efficient clone therefore it will be created instantaneously
+and will share the disk space in the back-end, just like a snapshot and
+the origin volume.
+
+Owners
+------
+
+Mohammed Rafi KC <rkavunga@redhat.com>
+
+Current status
+--------------
+
+Requiremnt for openstack manila.
+
+Detailed Description
+--------------------
+
+Snapshot create will take point-in-time snapshot of a volume. upon
+successful completion, it will create a new read/only volume. But the
+new volume is not considered as a regular volume, which prevents us to
+perform any volume related operations on this snapshot volume. The
+ultimate aim of this feature is creating a new regular volume out of
+this snap.
+
+For e.g.:
+
+		gluster snapshot create snap1 vol1
+
+The above command will create a read-only snapshot "snap1" from volume
+vol1.
+
+		gluster snapshot clone share1 snap1
+
+The above command will create a regular gluster volume share1 from
+snap1.
+
+Benefit to GlusterFS
+--------------------
+
+We will have a writable snapshot.
+
+Scope
+-----
+
+### Nature of proposed change
+
+Modification to glusterd snapshot code.
+
+### Implications on manageability
+
+glusterd,gluster cli
+
+### Implications on 'GlusterFS' backend
+
+There will be performance degradation for the first write of a each
+block of main volume.
+
+### Modification to GlusterFS metadata
+
+none
+
+How To Test
+-----------
+
+create a volume Take snapshot create a clone. start the clone. cloned
+volume should support all operation for a regular volume.
+
+User Experience
+---------------
+
+there will an additional cli option for snapshot. gluster snapshot clone
+```<clonename> <snapname> [<description> <description test>] [force]```
+
+Dependencies
+------------
+
+Documentation
+-------------
+
+Status
+------
+
+In development
+
+Comments and Discussion
+-----------------------