I've been using ZFS for storage on Ubuntu Server for several years now. Among other things, the server runs two BackupPC 4 instances in LXC containers. One backs up local machines, the other backs up cloud servers. I haven't run into any serious problems. My use case is on a much smaller scale than yours in terms of storage and number of hosts, but the backups in both BPC instances include large numbers of small files. IMO the fact that ZFS has no limit on inodes is one of the attributes that makes is a good choice, aside from the obvious (reliability and scale).
Robert Trevellyan On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 1:02 PM Andrew Maksymowsky < andrew.maksymow...@sickkids.ca> wrote: > I have no strong preference for either xfs or zfs (our team is comfortable > with either) was mainly just curious to hear about what folks were using > and if they've run into any major issues or found particular file-system > features they really like when coupled with backuppc. > > Most of the files we'll be backing up are fairly small (under a few mb). > We've got a handful of large databases the we'll also be backing up dumps > of. > > Thanks ! > > Andrew > ------------------------------ > *From:* Robert Trevellyan <robert.trevell...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* April 28, 2020 12:31 PM > *To:* General list for user discussion, questions and support < > backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > *Subject:* Re: [BackupPC-users] Filesystem Recommendation for 100 TB > > Any reason not to use ZFS? > > Robert Trevellyan > > > On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 11:59 AM Andrew Maksymowsky < > andrew.maksymow...@sickkids.ca> wrote: > > Hello, > > I believe the last time this was asked was a few years ago and I was > wondering if anything has changed. > We’ve been running backuppc for a few years and now have new server for it > with 100 TB of space in hardware raid 6 array. > > We’re wondering what the recommended filesystem for backuppc would be on > an array of this size ? > > Our priority is stability over performance. We’ll be running ubuntu as the > operating system. > > Most of the hosts we’re backing up are fairly small (under 1 TB) linux > servers. Right now we’re backing up about 100 servers for a total of around > 20 TB. (We’re expecting the new server to last a few years). > > Thanks ! > > - Andrew > > ________________________________ > > This e-mail may contain confidential, personal and/or health > information(information which may be subject to legal restrictions on use, > retention and/or disclosure) for the sole use of the intended recipient. > Any review or distribution by anyone other than the person for whom it was > originally intended is strictly prohibited. If you have received this > e-mail in error, please contact the sender and delete all copies. > > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.sourceforge.net_lists_listinfo_backuppc-2Dusers&d=DwMFaQ&c=Sj806OTFwmuG2UO1EEDr-2uZRzm2EPz39TfVBG2Km-o&r=OaOl9vMMs7To5r1WtpsEjuelxox8OhadYKz_ljkjikk&m=ZZbvpGjyfvgQFNeLlhANgseqK5edmy6zAFemZagmyJI&s=j-fkTu3P2645IiQ51moJNlcudiydzcUbb8fS3xz4dtA&e=> > Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net&d=DwMFaQ&c=Sj806OTFwmuG2UO1EEDr-2uZRzm2EPz39TfVBG2Km-o&r=OaOl9vMMs7To5r1WtpsEjuelxox8OhadYKz_ljkjikk&m=ZZbvpGjyfvgQFNeLlhANgseqK5edmy6zAFemZagmyJI&s=vK2U46EwlblSGkiFB50k-PrF0uXeK8xH3Mpi1DLwJAU&e=> > Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__backuppc.sourceforge.net_&d=DwMFaQ&c=Sj806OTFwmuG2UO1EEDr-2uZRzm2EPz39TfVBG2Km-o&r=OaOl9vMMs7To5r1WtpsEjuelxox8OhadYKz_ljkjikk&m=ZZbvpGjyfvgQFNeLlhANgseqK5edmy6zAFemZagmyJI&s=ZCV6mOysmij0l3s3oKWO9takKe0gbiyJGGW1rVcBOfw&e=> > > > ------------------------------ > > This e-mail may contain confidential, personal and/or health > information(information which may be subject to legal restrictions on use, > retention and/or disclosure) for the sole use of the intended recipient. > Any review or distribution by anyone other than the person for whom it was > originally intended is strictly prohibited. If you have received this > e-mail in error, please contact the sender and delete all copies. > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net > Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ >
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