From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Dec 6 08:37:58 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 094711323737 for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2018 08:37:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mail@osfux.nl) Received: from vm1982.osfux.nl (vm1982.osfux.nl [79.99.187.212]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A9FA1862B0 for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2018 08:37:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mail@osfux.nl) Received: from vm1982.osfux.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by vm1982.osfux.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41F112042C for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2018 09:36:35 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=osfux.nl; s=default; t=1544085395; bh=7OQpXROAwWEWY9nN+DOUQ2H6ikmREhyqfntgxlu1al4=; h=Subject:To:References:From:Date:In-Reply-To; b=jX68jp89d/n124xlM3EQXHwSNAK8tOUEXTq3cdh2tjmn+eOO1cNfktbKeoB/aMWwp ww0Hq6BHqI78aRnk0tI+DU0MAgMwoLY5M9cbTv4PR4a00drNuklv9GB83E3vitjgqC QlhU1r3Qly+ShWgy5MNWQ2e2+HaNkJScnmaPCEabB/2Ogbu5EQCopKMxa9TBCcbwK6 w5+ugxa+TKwFGQrwZVue+sKUF9/muYAiyoEGqvErFBKUaxu9scTF9lldKDJimsfJlo sTYF4kLPzYoUr2TbLWifVvzNDGEuGrS19VxBtEhH9Fi8TuUmmbDEqkk0jaYsb5z18J bVTgxBsv4nBgDVB5eb/0WAS6kjB1bWsKtH51V6X2Z4w+VyqF6KkO8o4t/3mp7RwGQ6 HurjL4CEkmyb/jvuD69/Mvvfg46e7sTUEeVgZKEIzjAZq9pNSTB/z2weASVOQqBRkz YOw6vv2CqJzjsXud2AF5dcaAQhmzzorPsvmfPbC7lXv1UCB7ZxwL+P7tiE9BZFeL6A xtzo6ISWxNjTmGySvLZDxHoJXlFe1idNjGqW9N0rQueeR4dnyZ7bYsBxUF0J8HjjPY Rv150VmUVAdw2pMMZrkueXtRO+QXpq/MxM879KJPX8qg4rcUghIqOUK8Ve/eNzlDW0 SAYfLgrqUU5s2jqZZeFodVGc= Received: from vm1982.osfux.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by vm1982.osfux.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id C47E3201CD for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2018 09:36:32 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=osfux.nl; s=default; t=1544085394; bh=7OQpXROAwWEWY9nN+DOUQ2H6ikmREhyqfntgxlu1al4=; h=Subject:To:References:From:Date:In-Reply-To; b=nAKkV+fKiAKfS778rwSMWwnHvUOY33DGtQhIvfwnwScIiTrif/zZ1plYT+OxO18fE z8/K/JyLiFKoob4I8L36DGTDcxHpB34lxeM9mwCTZ68Oj5+gplqVSxQ6F38OcKdkVn XFKbXuSKMLOxKKh58VT+uijEM2Aj368hunl+s6uUlhjahKzpaPwA/xaQHghKBUMejB HU+++Lx4OZQ1HYRpjR4YCNtDN3DoOIbN55/RzAQslDtudrBAhgB3SqVA8k66dTu/qM XZxIogFd7H0bf+N5jPFjZ25dceXiyYVgKbBA8tOy13qU8Q0EIYWZmzci1BaJEAt7qY 2/ldFC3z3IVKz02JCs5FHpgF4orPFfmBwsuzICTRVdrLut+4KEPatp0GmRtUcZiAYr 6wAqiVQ9vyyLgtv7Q5jn1prQb5wFoY4qzh2+z3x/eKc220eQCHeu8CnQNLkY5KMI4n fcq+fZsB0Ng3BnTojsKyCBwDPGy+4nwbbKMGrC9DoSqfB43HtN/++974/sfaLLhnQl FowYv4q0xuJ26zUpsmm6eNjQP/5iIF/VT/umd19QG/Bb0zhveqJod/eCDGK0dSOzFR BcA5Fu5aPPnv20IgstGNWEB4pQqsCG4pYSLr9ECKxnva/r9XoGUus3f63GA4zTBXSE r0RQr9w3GZMIQutwuBzCFQdw= X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on vm1982.osfux.nl X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 Received: from [192.168.9.78] (ip51ccb320.speed.planet.nl [81.204.179.32]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by vm1982.osfux.nl (Postfix) with ESMTPSA for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2018 09:36:32 +0100 (CET) Subject: Re: Advice on backups To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: From: Ruben Message-ID: <9e6d88c8-8d0a-1415-d1db-33be8f7d713b@osfux.nl> Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2018 09:36:32 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.2.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: A9FA1862B0 X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.69 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+mx]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[4]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[osfux.nl:+]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[osfux.nl,none]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[transip.osfux.nl,vm1982.osfux.nl]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.68)[-0.685,0]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; IP_SCORE(0.00)[country: NL(0.01)]; ASN(0.00)[asn:34012, ipnet:79.99.184.0/21, country:NL]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-0.999,0]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[osfux.nl]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-0.997,0]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1] X-Rspamd-Server: mx1.freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2018 08:37:58 -0000 Hi Paul, On 12/5/18 11:29 PM, Paul Schmehl wrote: > I manage a couple of servers on the internet. There are no backup or Stuff snipped > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Are you using ZFS on those servers? If so, I would definately consider implementing some sort of snapshotting scheme (using zxfer and zfsnap) for your backups. Also, are you only using apache data? A lot of webservers are running with stuff like Mysql / Elasticsearch "nowadays". Regards, Ruben