From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 19 12:58:54 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAEEB1065676 for ; Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:58:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jcigar@ulb.ac.be) Received: from mxin.vub.ac.be (mxin.vub.ac.be [134.184.129.112]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49E598FC3E for ; Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:58:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jcigar@ulb.ac.be) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AuwAADUiS0mkD30E/2dsb2JhbAAIv0BYkG6DAw Received: from bebif01.ulb.ac.be (HELO [10.0.0.194]) ([164.15.125.4]) by smtp.vub.ac.be with ESMTP; 19 Dec 2008 13:29:08 +0100 From: Julien Cigar To: Wojciech Puchar In-Reply-To: <20081219125123.G1595@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <4d7dd86f0812181647n7fb63aabi86baf8417bfa3966@mail.gmail.com> <20081219125123.G1595@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:29:43 +0100 Message-Id: <1229689783.2730.0.camel@frodon.be-bif.ulb.ac.be> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.3.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: David N , questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Backing Up ZFS 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: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:58:54 -0000 I would suggest Bacula, a bit hard to config but very flexible On Fri, 2008-12-19 at 12:52 +0100, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > > As ZFS is becoming more stable and approaching production ready, how > > would one "Backup" ZFS? In terms of backing up to an external media or > > storage rather than doing snapshots. In case the the server > > spontaneously bursts into flames. > > use tar it's filesystem independent if you have tape drives. > > actually you can tar to anything even multivolume backup using USB > connected drivers. > > > I'm just curious at what others are currently doing to back up huge > > amounts of data. eg. 2TB and onwards. > > > > 1. ZFS -> External HDD (External HDD aren't even big enough to handle > > greater than 2TB) Taken offsite daily > > 2. ZFS -> Another ZFS box (Not sure how you take it off site daily) > > 3. ZFS -> Remote ZFS using RSync (Living in Australia, there are > > limits on data transfer of a few hundred GB per month, to costs are > > prohibitive) > > you don't require your backup target to have ZFS. > > all your 3 solutions are filesystem-independent > _______________________________________________ > 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" -- Julien Cigar Belgian Biodiversity Platform http://www.biodiversity.be Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) Campus de la Plaine CP 257 Bâtiment NO, Bureau 4 N4 115C (Niveau 4) Boulevard du Triomphe, entrée ULB 2 B-1050 Bruxelles Mail: jcigar@ulb.ac.be @biobel: http://biobel.biodiversity.be/person/show/471 Tel : 02 650 57 52