Re: [zfs-macos] backups -- what do you do?

2014-05-21 Thread Jason Belec
Yeah. Had one 4 years ago that lost 6 mths of data using a 'service'. Data that was required by law to be kept 10 years. ;) Oh the looks on the faces when the 'service' informed them it was not the 'service's problem. I reminded them the about the money they must have saved. Didn't go over well.

Re: [zfs-macos] backups -- what do you do?

2014-05-21 Thread David Cantrell
On 21/05/2014 11:21, Jason Belec wrote: Every quarter I randomly pick a system to restore from remote to ensure backup integrity. That is absolutely essential. I like to tell people that if they've not tested their backups they *don't have backups*. They have hopes. -- David Cantrell | Lon

Re: [zfs-macos] backups -- what do you do?

2014-05-21 Thread Jason Belec
Latest ZFS for awhile now. Find it very stable (not for everyone yet). ;) ZVOL for OS X necessary stuff like Mail, FCP X, etc., each formatted HFS+ The main OS X disk clones itself/changes with SuperDuper to a ZVOL. All ZVOLs have snapshots daily and/or hourly, which send to a remote system (SS