> On 14 Jan 2016, at 02:19, Nicholas Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On 14 January 2016 at 11:01, Steven Williamson <[email protected]> wrote: > Just to point out to use zfs send your NAS does not need to support zfs. ZFS > send just outputs a stream of data to stdout. This can be directed to a file > on an NFS mount for example. And then ZFS recv on another host when the time > comes to restore. > > > > One advantage of receiving the stream in a zfs filesystem is error checking > the backup before you need it. Also means you backup subsystem is unlikely to > suffer from bit-rot.
That’s an important point. If you ‘zfs send’ to a file, there’s *no redundancy* in that file. If a bit flips in there, you’re toast. Chris ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
