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Thu, 6 Dec 2018 21:50:35 +0100 (CET) Subject: Re: Advice on backups To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <9e6d88c8-8d0a-1415-d1db-33be8f7d713b@osfux.nl> <621C323D0BC19E195684F522@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local> From: Ruben Message-ID: <410bbeca-dc2b-e63a-d29a-c56241b11146@osfux.nl> Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2018 21:50:34 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.2.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <621C323D0BC19E195684F522@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 7965981018 X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.46 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[osfux.nl]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.98)[-0.980,0]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+mx]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-0.997,0]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[4]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[osfux.nl:+]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[cached: transip.osfux.nl]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[osfux.nl,none]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.47)[-0.471,0]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; IP_SCORE(0.00)[country: NL(0.01)]; ASN(0.00)[asn:34012, ipnet:79.99.184.0/21, country:NL]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[] X-Rspamd-Server: mx1.freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2018 20:50:59 -0000 Hi Paul, On 12/6/18 7:07 PM, Paul Schmehl wrote: > --On December 6, 2018 at 9:36:32 AM +0100 Ruben wrote: > >> > One of the servers I manage runs zfs, but I confess the technology is a > mystery to me. I tried and failed to wrap my head around using it for > backups. > Snipped There is excellent documentation available online. Apart from that, there are 2 excellent and affordable books on the subject : https://www.tiltedwindmillpress.com/product/fmzfs/ https://www.tiltedwindmillpress.com/product/fmaz/ They cover the everything you might want to know (and a lot more...) and are fun to read. Snipped >> Also, are you only using apache data? A lot of webservers are running >> with stuff like Mysql / Elasticsearch "nowadays". >> > I use mysql, and I've been backing up the dbs to Dropbox for quite a > while now. I do not use Elasticsearch. > Seems you have that covered then :) Regards, Ruben