Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 10:28:33 -0500 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: "Svein Skogen (Listmail Account)" <svein-listmail@stillbilde.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Backup and FreeBSD/ZFS Message-ID: <20100203152833.GD15086@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <4B694A52.4080306@stillbilde.net> References: <4B694A52.4080306@stillbilde.net>
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On Wed, Feb 03, 2010 at 11:05:06AM +0100, Svein Skogen (Listmail Account) wrote: > -----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!). I haven't used ZFS yet, but if stuff is put there in 'file' with an inode for each, I wonder if dump/restore would actually work on ZFS. Of course, it would not preserve the formatting/filesystem building. But it doesn't do that fur UFS either. Backups created by dump and read by restore are just files with a series of files as they come from disk organized and located by inode. But, as I say, I haven't worked with ZFS yet so do not know how date is kept track of on ZFS. ////jerry > > 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----- > _______________________________________________ > 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" >
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