RE: Backup strategy for zfs + jail
-Original Message- From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of bsd Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 1:04 PM To: Liste FreeBSD Subject: Backup strategy for zfs + jail Hi, I have a simple 1U server with two disks that I have configured as a jail server. I want to setup a simple yet very efficient backup policy for my jail environment. This server is running a ZFS filesystem. Ideally I would like to backup the main zfsroot/jail and all subdirectories on a backup FTP server. . What kind of tool would you suggest ? I need to focus on : -- Simplicity of setup -- Ease of recovery -- Efficiency -- Compatibility with ZFS If you're running 9, give HAST a shot. TCP/IP block-level mirroring provided by HAST should be able to mirror the ZFS container in near-RT and be tolerant of things like network issues. -- Devin _ The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message and all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any manner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. In addition, please be aware that any message addressed to our domain is subject to archiving and review by persons other than the intended recipient. Thank you. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Backup strategy for zfs + jail
On 17-01-2012, Tue [13:52:48], Devin Teske wrote: -Original Message- From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of bsd Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 1:04 PM To: Liste FreeBSD Subject: Backup strategy for zfs + jail Hi, I have a simple 1U server with two disks that I have configured as a jail server. I want to setup a simple yet very efficient backup policy for my jail environment. This server is running a ZFS filesystem. Ideally I would like to backup the main zfsroot/jail and all subdirectories on a backup FTP server. . What kind of tool would you suggest ? I need to focus on : -- Simplicity of setup -- Ease of recovery -- Efficiency -- Compatibility with ZFS If you're running 9, give HAST a shot. TCP/IP block-level mirroring provided by HAST should be able to mirror the ZFS container in near-RT and be tolerant of things like network issues. -- Devin I personally wouldn't rely on such a new technology as HAST, considering the importancy of backups. ZFS has some nice features already. Create snapshots of your datasets and use zfs send. You can even transfer differences between snapshots. Google for it. ZFS is awesome modern technology, more than that it's stable enough. ;) -- Best wishes, Dmitry Sarkisov --\ ---+-- --/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
RE: Backup strategy for zfs + jail
-- Efficiency -- Compatibility with ZFS If you're running 9, give HAST a shot. maybe a stupid question but what is a practical difference between hast and doing ggate+gmirror and setting prefer load balancing to local disk? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Backup strategy for zfs + jail
Create snapshots of your datasets and use zfs send. You can even transfer differences between snapshots. and then try to recover data from these backups after a year or so ;) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Backup strategy for zfs + jail
Le 17 janv. 2012 à 22:52, Devin Teske a écrit : -Original Message- From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of bsd Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 1:04 PM To: Liste FreeBSD Subject: Backup strategy for zfs + jail Hi, I have a simple 1U server with two disks that I have configured as a jail server. I want to setup a simple yet very efficient backup policy for my jail environment. This server is running a ZFS filesystem. Ideally I would like to backup the main zfsroot/jail and all subdirectories on a backup FTP server. . What kind of tool would you suggest ? I need to focus on : -- Simplicity of setup -- Ease of recovery -- Efficiency -- Compatibility with ZFS If you're running 9, give HAST a shot. TCP/IP block-level mirroring provided by HAST should be able to mirror the ZFS container in near-RT and be tolerant of things like network issues. Though HAST seems quite interesting I am not looking for a cluster solution. My FTP server is provided by my ISP, and Ideally I would like something that feets in that solution… So something like ZFS snapshots + some syncing level FTP service that will do the copy to the remote location… I don't really know if this approach will work with a ZFS snapshot, I use to work at file level using duplicity… works well though a bit heavy ! G.B. -- Devin _ The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message and all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any manner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. In addition, please be aware that any message addressed to our domain is subject to archiving and review by persons other than the intended recipient. Thank you. –– - Grégory Bernard Director - --- www.osnet.eu --- -- Your provider of OpenSource appliances -- –– OSnetOSnetOSnetOSnetOSnetOSnetOSnetOSnetOSnetO ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Backup strategy for zfs + jail
On 17-01-2012, Tue [23:31:30], Wojciech Puchar wrote: Create snapshots of your datasets and use zfs send. You can even transfer differences between snapshots. and then try to recover data from these backups after a year or so ;) No one did mention the retention policy ;) Jokes aside, we have a working solution with zfs/symantec netbackup combo based on incremental snapshots for a pretty large datasets. To OP: you don't have to use ftp with zfs send/recieve (I doubt it is possible at all :) ), ssh suits better. Just _google_ for it. There are plenty of solutions/examples in the Net. -- Best wishes, Dmitry Sarkisov --\ ---+-- --/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
