Re: ZFS based machine to build a backup server ?
On 29 November 2010 10:54, Arthur Chance wrote: > On 11/29/10 09:56, Frank Bonnet wrote: > >> Would it be safe to use a FreeBSD + ZFS based machine to build >> a backups server to store sensitive data ? >> >> In a word is FreeBSD + ZFS stable and mature ? >> > > That's a regular theological debate round here, and some people will say > yes, and others an emphatic no. I'm personally happy with ZFS raidz, others > prefer UFS + mirroring + journalling. > > Speaking with far too many years of experience as a sysadmin, no single > backup solution is ever truly adequate. You want off site backups as well as > on site. For the off site backups, take a look at tarsnap: > > http://www.tarsnap.com/ > > -- > "Although the wombat is real and the dragon is not, few know what a > wombat looks like, but everyone knows what a dragon looks like." > >-- Avram Davidson, _Adventures in Unhistory_ > > ___ > 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" > It does all come down to risk analysis. In my experience company politics have far to much influence on this than I like. ___ 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: ZFS based machine to build a backup server ?
On 11/29/10 09:56, Frank Bonnet wrote: Would it be safe to use a FreeBSD + ZFS based machine to build a backups server to store sensitive data ? In a word is FreeBSD + ZFS stable and mature ? That's a regular theological debate round here, and some people will say yes, and others an emphatic no. I'm personally happy with ZFS raidz, others prefer UFS + mirroring + journalling. Speaking with far too many years of experience as a sysadmin, no single backup solution is ever truly adequate. You want off site backups as well as on site. For the off site backups, take a look at tarsnap: http://www.tarsnap.com/ -- "Although the wombat is real and the dragon is not, few know what a wombat looks like, but everyone knows what a dragon looks like." -- Avram Davidson, _Adventures in Unhistory_ ___ 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: ZFS based machine to build a backup server ?
On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 10:56 AM, Frank Bonnet wrote: > In a word is FreeBSD + ZFS stable and mature ? > Yes. But do it with a machine with a lot of memory and run 64bit. -- chs, ___ 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"
ZFS based machine to build a backup server ?
Hello Would it be safe to use a FreeBSD + ZFS based machine to build a backups server to store sensitive data ? In a word is FreeBSD + ZFS stable and mature ? Thanks ___ 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"
