From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 3 10:05:08 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 7108D106566B for ; Wed, 3 Feb 2010 10:05:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from svein-listmail@stillbilde.net) Received: from mail.stillbilde.net (unknown [IPv6:2002:51af:3dc3:0:20c:29ff:fece:79f3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F06EC8FC17 for ; Wed, 3 Feb 2010 10:05:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [IPv6:2002:51af:3dc3:0:e0f9:2ace:5966:b646] (unknown [IPv6:2002:51af:3dc3:0:e0f9:2ace:5966:b646]) (Authenticated sender: svein) by mail.stillbilde.net (Familien Skogens mail) with ESMTPSA id C6A4522 for ; Wed, 3 Feb 2010 11:05:23 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <4B694A52.4080306@stillbilde.net> Date: Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:05:06 +0100 From: "Svein Skogen (Listmail Account)" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.7) Gecko/20100111 Lightning/1.0b1 Thunderbird/3.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Enigmail-Version: 1.0.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Backup and FreeBSD/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: Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:05:08 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I'm currently considering switching my Backend (Running WSS2008 Enterprise) to FreeBSD RELENG_8+zfs, however my last melee with ZFS and backups to Autoloader (HP 1/8 G2 LTO-3 job) didn't quite turn out in my favour. Seems FreeBSD has a decent backup solution for UFS/2 (dump/restore) but such luxuries where nowhere to be found for ZFS (but the performance was quite good!). So, my question is this: Can someone point me to the proper place to start reading on getting RELENG_8+zfs backed up to "tape robotics" (or more specifically: LTO-3 with a HP autoloader)? Will going the Opensolaris route be easier? (I had hoped to be able to use net/istgt/ from ports, but I guess I could find a different solution to that problem in Solaris). Any pointers would really help me here. The storage backend will be on MFI arrays (set up with redundant striping + automagic weekly consistency checks of the arrays). //Svein - -- - --------+-------------------+------------------------------- /"\ |Svein Skogen | svein@d80.iso100.no \ / |Solberg Østli 9 | PGP Key: 0xE5E76831 X |2020 Skedsmokorset | svein@jernhuset.no / \ |Norway | PGP Key: 0xCE96CE13 | | svein@stillbilde.net ascii | | PGP Key: 0x58CD33B6 ribbon |System Admin | svein-listmail@stillbilde.net Campaign|stillbilde.net | PGP Key: 0x22D494A4 +-------------------+------------------------------- |msn messenger: | Mobile Phone: +47 907 03 575 |svein@jernhuset.no | RIPE handle: SS16503-RIPE - --------+-------------------+------------------------------- If you really are in a hurry, mail me at svein-mobile@stillbilde.net This mailbox goes directly to my cellphone and is checked even when I'm not in front of my computer. - ------------------------------------------------------------ Picture Gallery: https://gallery.stillbilde.net/v/svein/ - ------------------------------------------------------------ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAktpSlIACgkQODUnwSLUlKRvRQCcCKgCzTSCr9PVfyQ9cveGkuUd xTIAn2IWherBzlLTu/02CBLJMo34Ky2m =ruSv -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----