That is the use case for snapshots, taken at the remote site. Recovery from accidental deletion.
On 5/9/18, 8:13 AM, "[email protected] on behalf of Jonathan Buzzard" <[email protected] on behalf of [email protected]> wrote: The way I see it is that snapshots are not backup. They are handy for quick recovery from file deletion mistakes. They are utterly useless when your disaster recovery is needed because for example all your NSD descriptors have been overwritten (not my mistake I hasten to add). AT that point your snapshots are for jack. The information contained in this e-mail message may be privileged, confidential, and/or protected from disclosure. This e-mail message may contain protected health information (PHI); dissemination of PHI should comply with applicable federal and state laws. If you are not the intended recipient, or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, any further review, disclosure, use, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message or any attachment (or the information contained therein) is strictly prohibited. If you think that you have received this e-mail message in error, please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete all references to it and its contents from your systems. _______________________________________________ gpfsug-discuss mailing list gpfsug-discuss at spectrumscale.org http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss
