Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 10:54:54 +0000 From: Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org> To: Frank Bonnet <f.bonnet@esiee.fr> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ZFS based machine to build a backup server ? Message-ID: <4CF3867E.8010302@qeng-ho.org> In-Reply-To: <4CF378B9.70007@esiee.fr> References: <4CF378B9.70007@esiee.fr>
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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_
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