From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 29 11:04:31 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 512621065673 for ; Mon, 29 Nov 2010 11:04:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kraduk@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wy0-f182.google.com (mail-wy0-f182.google.com [74.125.82.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5B7E8FC12 for ; Mon, 29 Nov 2010 11:04:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyf19 with SMTP id 19so4225004wyf.13 for ; Mon, 29 Nov 2010 03:04:30 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=nkCxMD+JbVElbRwH5R9LsWL/RL1MsDtGpD4ulumojfc=; b=O0bMVSjyh21Mem9kDwc/z3HUSQ96T0xxQHJ9j0QGc2+IQxRmx6lpg3+WSVsZXh8wcu jDEKbHlMu0FF+z+nHc2Tl8fsN6MoxjkwQiNLuWPKN1FTlTz2IX6KFWR2dVw23qngdAgq AMcIjx1KiEkEOVyAuPnCGwj2CWqKGLUSCX0UE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=WLWrkkaHTAy8/WGNHDsv7WNKh45o58gwfofwGDSgipWsJKLy3yHMEi30QETKThAEtg dofjNBk1JvLetGPVmrrbbAdu4D456v/HKbC4iZsHarDnqZkv9B47L4Jo4m4InlLfsxC4 0VhOAExXqygqG0oTJXnaKUA7VnYOpDd3sf8xI= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.176.20 with SMTP id a20mr4775466wem.14.1291028669854; Mon, 29 Nov 2010 03:04:29 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.216.37.132 with HTTP; Mon, 29 Nov 2010 03:04:29 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4CF3867E.8010302@qeng-ho.org> References: <4CF378B9.70007@esiee.fr> <4CF3867E.8010302@qeng-ho.org> Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 11:04:29 +0000 Message-ID: From: krad To: Arthur Chance Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Frank Bonnet , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: ZFS based machine to build a backup server ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 11:04:31 -0000 On 29 November 2010 10:54, Arthur Chance wrote: > On 11/29/10 09:56, Frank Bonnet wrote: > >> Would it be safe to use a FreeBSD + ZFS based machine to build >> a backups server to store sensitive data ? >> >> In a word is FreeBSD + ZFS stable and mature ? >> > > That's a regular theological debate round here, and some people will say > yes, and others an emphatic no. I'm personally happy with ZFS raidz, others > prefer UFS + mirroring + journalling. > > Speaking with far too many years of experience as a sysadmin, no single > backup solution is ever truly adequate. You want off site backups as well as > on site. For the off site backups, take a look at tarsnap: > > http://www.tarsnap.com/ > > -- > "Although the wombat is real and the dragon is not, few know what a > wombat looks like, but everyone knows what a dragon looks like." > > -- Avram Davidson, _Adventures in Unhistory_ > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > It does all come down to risk analysis. In my experience company politics have far to much influence on this than I like.