... or streamed off site to Manta as another example ;) On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 2:43 AM, Steven Williamson <[email protected]> wrote:
> These are valid points, my point was it is an option. Another comment made > it sound like that you needed zfs on both ends to use zfs send. > > It is a valid option as part of an overall backup strategy. For instance > local snapshots on another system, which can be streamed off site to S3 as > an example. > On 14 Jan 2016 6:56 a.m., "Chris Ridd" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> > 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 >> >> http://www.listbox.com >> > *smartos-discuss* | Archives > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/26938248-ec84c9c9> | > Modify > <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> > Your Subscription <http://www.listbox.com> > > ------------------------------------------- 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
